The art of becoming a whole person

This book is for the many people who are discouraged by claims of quick and easy solutions-those that promise too much and deliver too little. Here's reassurance that you can rebuild your confidence. You can begin the journey toward wholeness. The fragments of a broken life put together again. When you practice the art of becoming a whole person, you can gauge the quality of your own emotional and spiritual life. If your hurts and problems follow the common to most of us, this book can lift you up with wise and loving insights. For more agonizing fears and anxieties, the answer may be to seek caring, affirming community of fellow strugglers. But if your conflicts are deep-seated ones that have tormented you for years, this book offers compassion in the form a a difficult yet welcome truth: your cure must be equal to the seriousness of your problem. Dr. Osborne acquaints you with the various types of therapy available. He shows you how to proceed in seeking treatment. Ultimately it's up to you to be as careful in choosing a professional counselor as you would be in selecting a medical specialist to treat a dangerous, painful physical condition. Dr. Cecil Osborne was minister of the First Baptist Church of Burlingame, California. He is also the director of the Burlingame Counseling Center. Much of his present emphasis in counseling is upon Primal Integration Therapy, he conducts workshops, seminars and retreats.