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Thriving After Trauma addresses readers who have experience trauma or loss due to a variety of experience – whether accident, abuse, or injury. Shari Botwin shows readers, through personal stories, how many who have experienced the worst kinds of trauma have managed to move on and thrive beyond their experiences. Often, those who live through trauma come away with feelings of shame, guilt, anger, and despair. These are common, even normal, responses in the immediate aftermath. Left unaddressed, though, those feelings may develop into substance abuse problems, eating disorders, depression, or anxiety. Learning how to move on, to pick up and live life again, takes effort and guidance. Botwin...
Social media is the Achilles' heel of my generation. As teenagers, we are the first ones who have grown up living in a world that focuses on our number of followers, aesthetic feeds, and overall online presence. Let me tell you straight from the source of a sixteen-year-old: it is not easy! It is difficult enough to try and manage our overwhelming lives already filled with extracurriculars, sports teams, clubs, honors societies, difficult classes, insane amounts of homework, the pressures of applying to prestigious universities, and an abundance of other expectations. On top of that, we are always thinking about our online profiles. Beginning in fifth grade, I was hooked on social media. I w...
Nicole joins the Navy and excels through training and firefighting school. She even proves herself by qualifying into the field of Explosive Ordnance Disposal. All she has to do is persuade her command to authorize a transfer into her dream job. But trapped aboard a ship and the target of sexual predators, Nicole must find a way to survive.
The impact of childhood trauma and abuse can forever alter the course of history. Throughout generations, countless children have been hurt by those that are meant to care for them. Yet, in society once those children turn to adults the impacts of child abuse are often discounted and spoken to with the frame of 'that was years ago" or "it's time to get over it." The reality is that we are at the core a collection of all of our experiences leading up to this very moment. If the childhood trauma survivor's foundation is built atop a volcano, then sooner or later it will be engulfed. Childhood trauma and abuse is the elephant in the room of societies mental health epidemic, and most people don'...
In this book, you'll read stories that will shock and astound you. Heartfelt, raw and real stories that will bring tears to your eyes; they will touch your heart and stir your soul. It's through their stories that they hope to inspire you to shift beyond merely surviving to a life where you are truly thriving!
Don't Expect Me To Cry is a powerful story of the horrific abuse Janet experienced by several abusers including her father, and her courageous journey to a life that is an inspiration. Starting with a child's view of shocking abuse, then through her terror as she shared her secrets, Janet tells how she hit 'rock bottom' and tried to end her li
Female executives of large companies are still in short supply in the U.S., but they have made great strides in recent years and their number is growing. Patricia Werhane and four other leadership experts interviewed twenty-two prominent women—including executives at Kraft, Boeing, and Harley Davidson—to uncover their leadership styles, reveal their most effective practices, and find out how they broke through the glass ceiling. This celebration of stellar executives highlights their achievements, the values and visions that guide them, and the contributions they've made to both their companies and industries. Besides enjoying fascinating stories, readers—both men and women—will gain...
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"It shouldn't happen, but it does. It shouldn't be a secret, but all too often it is, and life with my idiot family is evidence that childhood sexual abuse can happen anywhere, to any child. Kathy's story is so much more than a carthartic release though. She is living proof that we don't have to be defined by what others have done to us."--Back cover.
A major contribution for all clinicians committed to understanding and using what really works in therapy, this book belongs on the desks of practitioners, students, and residents in clinical psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work. It will serve as a text in graduate-level courses on cognitive-behavior therapy and in clinical practica.