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Jerry Donaldson (JD)
Catherine Jean Johnson (CJ)
Introduction
Notes on My Approach to Counseling
Part I Building a Trusting Relationship in Therapy
Chapter 1: Driven to Therapy (CJ)
My Situation
Realization of Need
Recognition of Distrust
Chapter 2: Beginning Encounters (JD)
Initial Impressions
The Kid Within
Chapter 3: Deeper Disquiet (CJ)
Two Years’ Personal Work
Resuming Therapy
Looking Further, Needing Help
Chapter 4: Deepening Awareness (JD)
Lack of Growth/Change
Facilitating Memories
The Dam Is Breaking
Journaling
Part II Invading Memories
Chapter 5: Invaded by Memory (CJ)
Recalling Basic Memories
My Real Childhood
Connecting Emotions with Memories
Chapter 6: Perspective on the Past (JD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Dreams Can Reveal and Heal
Memories: True or False?
Managing Dreams
Chapter 7: Family Fall-out (CJ)
Effects on Immediate Family
Bringing Them into Conversation
Re-Visioning Reality
Part III The Overwhelming Struggle Within and Making Sense of It All
Chapter 8: Making Sense of Struggle (JD)
Impact on Family and Daily Life
Dealing with Shame
Acceptance: The Cure for Shame
Human Awareness Is Fragmented
Chapter 9: Worse Yet (CJ)
Hopelessness and Suicidal Thinking
Admitting the Truth
Depression and Recovery
Chapter 10: Maintaining a Cool Head and Warm Heart (JD)
Work of the Therapist/Companion
Detachment and Responsibility
Appropriate Detachment
Responsible to, Not for, Others
Being Assertive
Dealing with Suicidal Threats
Contracting
Chapter 11: All Talking at Once (CJ)
Attending to Internal Chaos
Acknowledging and Living with the Many Selves
Inviting Participation of the Parts
Chapter 12: A House Divided (JD)
Discovering Alters—Understanding the System
Conscience
Consciousness and the Subconscious
Chapter 13: Too Terrible to Recall (CJ)
Remembering Ritual Abuse
Extent and Effects on the Survivor
Role of Parts/Alters
Alter Map Key
Chapter 14: The Destroyers of Freedom and Safety (JD)
Don’t Talk—Keep Secrets
The Johari Window
Don’t Feel—Cover Up Emotions
Don’t Trust—Remain Fearful
Chapter 15: Hearing the Alters Speak (CJ)
Identifying Some Major Parts
Understanding Their Places
Chapter 16: Coming Together (JD)
Quest for Congruency
Necessity of Honesty and Trust
Truth Personified
Truth Frees Us
Part IV Integration Takes Place
Chapter 17: Becoming One (CJ)
Meaning of Integration
Coming to Consensus
The Miracle in Me
Chapter 18: God in the Conversation (CJ)
Spirituality and Therapy
Redeeming Faith
Epilogue
Jerry Donaldson
Catherine Jean Johnson
Appendix A: Marriage, Relationships and Sexual Abuse (JD)
Distortioned Sex
Marriage and Sexual Abuse
When Shameful Information Is Disclosed
Importance of Mutuality
Uncooperative Friends and Partners
Intimacy and Sexualty
Summary
Appendix B: The Mind and Heart of a Perpetrator (JD)
Understanding Patterns in Abusers
Deceitful
Denying
Detached
Dissociated
Demonic
Gaining Freedom from Guilt and Fear
Appendix C: Abby’s Poems (CJ)
Appendix D: Index of the Parts (CJ)
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Description
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
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