Reviews
An intriguing, well-written account of the author’s struggles to connect with loved ones (or sometimes not-so-loved ones) “who either couldn’t or wouldn’t connect with us.” Jane Ellen shares with her readers how years of psychotherapy, the trees in a forest around her childhood home, a loving husband, and a few good friends helped her finally to see the truth of her past, and know that it was okay to “turn the discord” of her life into something better, something she could pass on to her own children. Though rather bleak at times, in the end, it’s a story of healing and redemption.
- Eric Olsen, former executive editor for special projects at Time Inc. Health; author, We Wanted to be Writers: Live, Love, and Literature at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop
Psychotherapy is an art. You were fortunate to have a competent therapist, one who really listened and who possessed a good amount of empathy. Your account too is a work of art.
- Dr. Paul Kiell, psychiatrist; author of The Complete Guide to Physical Fitness
You captured the agony of re-awakening "lost" emotions and parts of oneself so vividly. You make a very cogent point about the wound of isolation, which can sometimes get less attention in a field where trauma is currently center stage. The loss of early life attention and clear mirroring is as harmful as any act of violence.
- Anne Allanketner, MA, LPC
- Eric Olsen, former executive editor for special projects at Time Inc. Health; author, We Wanted to be Writers: Live, Love, and Literature at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop
Psychotherapy is an art. You were fortunate to have a competent therapist, one who really listened and who possessed a good amount of empathy. Your account too is a work of art.
- Dr. Paul Kiell, psychiatrist; author of The Complete Guide to Physical Fitness
You captured the agony of re-awakening "lost" emotions and parts of oneself so vividly. You make a very cogent point about the wound of isolation, which can sometimes get less attention in a field where trauma is currently center stage. The loss of early life attention and clear mirroring is as harmful as any act of violence.
- Anne Allanketner, MA, LPC