One Small Step: Moving Beyond Trauma and Therapy to a Life of Joy - Softcover

Dolan, Yvonne M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576010554 ISBN 13: 9781576010556

Publisher: Papier-Mache Press,U.S., 1998

Synopsis

FOR ALL THOSE SURVIVORS who wonder when they will finally feel good, the answer is now. One Small Step reminds us that living well is the best revenge and provides the knowledge and tools to fully embrace life. Organized into easy-to-follow sections, readers will find help in: * Moving Beyond Survivorhood * Enjoying the Gifts of the Present * Creating a Joyous Future * Responding to Life's Challenges * How to Start a Small Steps Support Group

About this title

From the Author

The present needs to become more powerful than the past.
Recorded between the lines of this book is my own journey as well as that of my psychotherapy clients, family, and friends who inspired me by their courage and determination to create lives that now shine brightly.

Terrible things can happen in life with no warning and afterwards we have no choice but to try to carry on as best we can. I learned this at a young age. My first memory as a young child is of a memorial service for my father. There I witnessed first hand the emotional devastation wreaked by war. My mother's and grandparents' hearts and spirits were broken when my young father was killed in the Korean War.

Very early on I grieved that my father was gone from the world before I even knew him. Despite my mother's love and her desire to shield me from harm, I suffered multiple episodes of sexual and emotional abuse during my childhood. At these times I tried to comfort myself by imagining that if my father had lived he would have protected me from the abusers.

As I grew to adulthood, I struggled to come to terms with these and other bad things that happened and to embrace the good in the world around me in order to find strength to make my life worth living.

For people who have struggled with painful past events and even for those who have not, One Small Step will unlock psychological resources and abilities you may have never realized you had and empower you to create the life you want. I offer you this book as a talisman of hope and courage for your own journey. I affirm my faith in your ability to create the rewarding life you've always deserved. I did it and believe me, you can do it too, beginning with one small step.

About the Author

Yvonne M. Dolan, M.A., a psychotherapist and consultant with a private practice in Denver, conducts training in the use of Ericksonian hypnosis and solution-focused therapy for treatment of sexual abuse throughout the United States. She is the author of A Path With a Heart: Ericksonian Utilization With Resistant and Chronic Clients.

Edition details

• Publisher: Papier-Mache Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576010554
• ISBN 13: 9781576010556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232