Beyond Healing: The Path to Personal Contentment After Trauma

Foreword Magazine Book of the Year finalist!Many individuals have had their hopes and dreams shattered by trauma. Healing is a huge and critical step to overcoming trauma, but the next step is just as important. Without continuing to regain control of their lives and seek fulfillment, trauma victims are little better off than they were before the healing process began. Lives obscured by the shadows of the past cannot flourish. Dave Ziegler, the author of a series of highly-acclaimed books on raising traumatized children, looks at how to take the next step beyond healing, toward a satisfying and fully realized life. Drawing on case studies and a lifetime of personal and professional experience, Dr. Ziegler has written a clear, realistic guide to reclaiming one s life, regardless of age, class, or context. His insights are presented in a friendly, down-to-earth style that naturally resonates with all types of readers. Beyond Healing takes a close, critical look at many of our beliefs about human limitations and offers an undeniable message of hope hope for those individuals who have paid such a high price for past abuse and trauma, and hope for our future and the possibility of reaching both our individual and collective human potential. Beyond Healing is an invaluable guide to anyone who has personally experienced trauma or is attempting to help someone else who has.