Brave - McConnaughey, Janyne

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Résumé :
A personal memoir of a woman's journey through pyschotherapy. In middle age, Janyne began to sense that her wonderful, successful life was a cover for deep inner pain she called 'the dark cloud.' During her first EMDR therapy session, three fractured adult parts made a perfect three-point landing in her conscious awareness. Thus began three years of intensive therapy, as she fought to heal from sexual abuse that began in a home daycare at the age of three. With a sometimes conflicted faith in God, and with the support of both her therapist and her husband, Janyne fought to heal and integrate. This is Janyne&rsquo...

Biographie:
Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., nationally known trauma-informed author & advocate builds on her forty-year career in teaching, teacher education, and an expertise in early childhood development to help educators, caregivers, and church ministry leaders understand and apply trauma-informed practices. She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who began her healing journey at the age of sixty-one. Realizing healing was possible for survivors, Janyne authored the Brave Series, three psychoeducational memoirs describing the effects of childhood trauma and the paths to healing. Her most recent book, Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices provides a trauma-informed, sensitive, and responsive paradigm shift for churches and ministry leaders. Janyne's passion is encouraging other survivors of childhood trauma to seek healing. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Masters in Education: Neuroscience & Trauma) and serves as Board President for the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN). She is a frequent speaker for mental health organizations, survivor groups, schools, churches, and other faith-related organizations. Janyne, her husband Scott, and rescue dog Weber live south of Seattle and enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren.

Sommaire:
s story but also a tribute to how a therapist and client worked together as a team to heal attachment wounds and increasingly tragic memories. Insights into the early wiring of unmet attachment needs, as well as dissociative coping mechanisms, are included throughout. Both pain and hope for healing are present on every page. Janyne is both vulnerable and triumphant in her writing and will help her readers believe healing from childhood trauma is possible....