| Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest Contributor(s): Smith, Holly a. (Author), Figley, Charles R. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1583913548 ISBN-13: 9781583913543 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: In stark, elegant prose, Holly Smith presents an unflinching account of her work with victims of incest, a crime that affects one in five children, and immerses readers in the grueling details of her tiny patients' lives, punctuating the accounts with her own range of emotions: disgust, shock, anger, guilt, joy at victory tempered by sadness of innocence lost. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Abuse |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 2002005304 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.54" W x 8.18" (0.56 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about the influence of twenty years of work in the field of incest on a therapist's professional and personal life. It is comprised of individual cases, and touches upon topics including spirituality, sex between siblings, counter-transference, and incest teams. The author shares, in unadulterated prose, her experience as an incest therapist. This important, courageous work touches upon issues important to and resonant for mental health professionals treating incest and sexual abuse as well as the incest survivor or survivor's family member. |