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Facing Life's Challenges

A Psychotherapist's Guide to Inner Healing

Dr. Vera Gallagher and Kathleen Stauffer

The way to wellness is through illness; to wholeness, through brokenness. Everyone makes the journey at some time.Facing Life's Challenges is a guidebook that affirms: 'Hang in there long enough, with sufficient determination, and you'll won.' Dr. Gallagher has helped thousands in her 50 years as a mental health counselor. These clients, whom she calls heroes and whose stories she tells, work though every form of emotional, psychological and spiritual illness, including childhood abuse, anger, overeating addiction, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Sheed & Ward
Pages: 161 • Trim: 5½ x 8¼
978-1-55612-864-6 • Paperback • August 1996 • $24.00 • (£17.99)
Subjects: Psychology / Psychopathology / General, Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Dr. Vera Gallagher founded Seattle's Good Shepherd Counselling Service for Survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She is present Counselor for United Indians of All Tribes and an evaluator of mental health programs as well as an author and lecturer. Kathleen Stauffer is Managing Editor ofCatholic Digest. She is actively involved with e Minnesota AIDS Project and Police Community Storefront.

Facing Life's Challenges

A Psychotherapist's Guide to Inner Healing

Cover Image
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • The way to wellness is through illness; to wholeness, through brokenness. Everyone makes the journey at some time.Facing Life's Challenges is a guidebook that affirms: 'Hang in there long enough, with sufficient determination, and you'll won.' Dr. Gallagher has helped thousands in her 50 years as a mental health counselor. These clients, whom she calls heroes and whose stories she tells, work though every form of emotional, psychological and spiritual illness, including childhood abuse, anger, overeating addiction, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Sheed & Ward
    Pages: 161 • Trim: 5½ x 8¼
    978-1-55612-864-6 • Paperback • August 1996 • $24.00 • (£17.99)
    Subjects: Psychology / Psychopathology / General, Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Author
Author
  • Dr. Vera Gallagher founded Seattle's Good Shepherd Counselling Service for Survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She is present Counselor for United Indians of All Tribes and an evaluator of mental health programs as well as an author and lecturer. Kathleen Stauffer is Managing Editor ofCatholic Digest. She is actively involved with e Minnesota AIDS Project and Police Community Storefront.

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