Hidden Victims - Hidden Healers An Eight Stage Healing Process for Family and Friends of the Mentally Ill

"HOPE & ALTERNATIVES FOR FAMILIES WITH MENTAL ILLNESS." MENTAL ILLNESS EFFECTS AT LEAST ONE IN FOUR FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES. This creates a great need for HIDDEN VICTIMS/HIDDEN HEALERS. The tragedy of mental illlness is that, like alcoholism, it can devastate not only the victim, but the victim's family as well. Here, at last, is a book devoted especially to the siblings, spouse, parents, & adult children of the mentally ill. As both a psychotherapist & a sister of someone with paranoid schizophrenia, author Julie Johnson knows first-hand of the anguish family members so often experience. Based on her own experiences, she has developed a cathartic eight-stage healing process that harms the core of this wise & sympathetic work. Designed to heal individuals & family relationships, the restorative procedure she recommends guides family members as they mourn their losses, work out feelings of anger & guilt, & retrieve the parts of themselves lost in the family tragedy & dysfunction. Complete with imaginative techniques for enhancing one's own well being in spite of crisis, exercises in mindfulness meditation, & advice on getting help, & setting up an eight stage group. HIDDEN VICTIMS/HIDDEN HEALERS offers hope & alternatives to anyone whose life has been traumatized by another person's mental illness. Therapists & clinics across the country are already offering the eight stage healing process to their clients & the demand for this resourceful book is growing fast! The author, Julie was recently invited to Australia where she introduced family groups to the eight stages. Julie Tallard Johnson, MSW, LICSW is a licensed psychotherapist & internationally renown author & speaker who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Orders may be taken through the following distributors: Eight Stage Program (wholesale or single copies): (800) 872-1565. Annotation offered by the publisher; PEMA Publications, P.O. Box 186, Spring Green, WI 53588-0186. Phone: 800-872-1565, FAX: 608-831-9632. Retail price $12.95. 50% off for bookstores + $2.00 S&H for single orders.Johnson, Julie T. is the author of 'Hidden Victims - Hidden Healers An Eight Stage Healing Process for Family and Friends of the Mentally Ill' with ISBN 9780964043008 and ISBN 0964043009.