Recovering The Self:  
          A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. 1, No.1)
Author:  Ernest Dempsey (Editor)
Publisher:  Loving Healing Press
ISBN:  978-1-932690-09-5

This is the premier issue of Loving Healing Press' quarterly journal "Recovering The Self, A Journal of Hope and Healing.  This excellent publication contains a wide variety of articles,  poems, fiction, humor, book reviews and book excerpts.  This information is provided by numerous well known authorities in the fields of psychology, metaphysics, social work and counseling.

Specific works in the this volume include:

Victims No More by Barbara Sinor, PhD; an article to inspire the reader to let go of past programming and thought processes and recreate life to reach the successes desired.

Frank A. Gerbode, M.D., shares his professional insight into the theory of resilience and why some people seem to be more resilient when faced with trauma and/or stress.  He discusses the use of Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) to work through the situation and build resilience.

An article written by Sam Vaknin  (author of 10 books about personality disorders and abuse in relationships) is entitled Sex, Gender and Personality Disorders.  It takes an interesting look at gender identity and sexual preferences and whether thay have a specific genetic predisposition, along with a revealing look at the gender disparity found in diagnosing personality disorders.  Interesting and insightful, with excellent quotes from key literature..

Dr. Janet Hall contributes the article "Helping Children Traumatized by Disaster" a well-done source of information to help children dealing with a variety of traumatic experiences.

I look forward to reading additional volumes of Recovering The Self.  This anthology truly offers much useful and thought-provoking information.

Reviewed on 02/23/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member LAURI COATES