Surviving with Serenity: Daily Meditations for Incest Survivors

by T. Thomas and T. Thomas

Book Overview

A great daily mediation/devotional specifically for incest survivors This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558740678
• ISBN13: 9781558740679
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Health Communications
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.1" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

extraordinary daily meditation book for incest survivors

this handbook of daily meditations is a remarkable compilationof profound depth for those set back by the profound injury ofsexual trauma, especially childhood sexual abuse.it has been my spiritual guide or handbook for many years now,accompanying me gently and sweetly through the complex journeyof recovery from incest. i cannot speak highly enough of thislittle 'prayer book'. the crime of incest is so terrible andsocially alienating, the discovery of this book one day in a local bookstore just thrilled me and has been a companion readersince. the writings are creative, provocative, deeply thoughtful. with incest, it is so critical to think forgivingly of everysurvivor about the 'unforgiving' set of symptoms survivors have suffered, be they panic, nightmares, depression, flashbacks,social withdrawl or stigma. this author accurately describes the horrors of incest and its persistent symptoms but, still, lovingly describes the challenge of discovering hope amidst thepersonal ruins and chaos of the soul of a survivor. there is constant love and concern for one's younger self, inner child; the author communicates to the reader to cherish and behold that young inner child.this is not a flimsy or saccharine account of meditations.the author gets the confusion and the torment, the complicatedand sometimes twisted inner dilemmas of the survivor. there areno lapses of judgment and no leaps into fantasy. the author respects the issues of ptsd and the integrity of the recoveringincest survivor.this is a gutsy, heartfelt, profound piece of work in a littlehandbook. this rare book for this terrible crime has been a blessing in my life. i thank God for it each and every day.