"An award-winning psychologist offers a clinically informed and compassionate perspective on spiritual trauma, insights that affirm the reality of readers' experiences, and strategies for healing from the wounds they carry"--
An award-winning psychologist offers a clinically informed and compassionate perspective on spiritual trauma, insights that affirm the reality of readers' experiences, and strategies for healing from the wounds they carry.
Contents
Introduction
1. The House Is Haunted
Mihee Kim-Kort and K.J. Ramsey on Defining Spiritual Trauma
2. Shards of Glass
J. S. Park on Fear-Based Spiritual Trauma
3. Pulling Back the Curtain
Preston Hill on the Systems and Process of Spiritual Trauma
4. All in the Family
Alison Cook and William Matthews on Learning to See Patterns That Perpetuate
Spiritual Abuse
5. How We Feel
Laura Anderson on Power, Control, and the Savior Complex
6. Seeing and Believing
Alison Cook and J. S. Park on Healing
7. Mending and Meaning
Roberto Che Espinoza on Communal Healing and Belonging
8. Unsettling Ourselves
Mark Charles on the Legacy and Healing of Spiritual Trauma
Conclusion: Grief Is a Form of Hope
Hillary L. McBride (PhD, University of British Columbia) is a registered psychologist and an award-winning researcher who has hosted the Other People's Problems and Holy/Hurt podcasts. She has a private practice in Victoria, British Columbia, and is a sought-after speaker and retreat leader. McBride is the author of The Wisdom of Your Body, Practices for Embodied Living, and Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image. Her work has been recognized by the American Psychological Association and the Canadian Psychological Association. Learn more at www.hillarylmcbride.com.
