A tiny spark of hope : healing childhood trauma in adulthood / Kim Golding, Alexia Jones, foreword by Dan Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golding, Kim, author.

Jones, Alexia, author.

Contributor:

Hughes, Dan, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Golding, Kim S.

Jones, Alexia.

Adult child abuse victims--Counseling of.

Adult child abuse victims.

Counselor and client.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

I could not ignore the tiny spark of hope that whispered to me that there might be someone with whom I could be vulnerable and real, and that this time they might just not let me down... This is the story of Alexia and her therapist Kim, and their three-year therapy journey to begin Alexia's path to recovery. Written from both perspectives, it is a powerful and revealing account of a therapist-client relationship. Together, the authors show the manifold challenges that adult survivors of childhood abuse have to overcome, and offer insight to all therapists on how relational interventions can pave a way to healing.

Contents:

Introduction: the story of a therapeutic journey

Our guiding model

The beginning

Discovering the Russian doll

Striving for health: painted doll becomes real

Finding the roots and wings

Moving towards acceptance and finding wobbly ground

Finding the baby and losing mother

Mending the Kintsugi pot

Bringing Andrew into the work

Finding compassion - from shame to pride

Compassionate letters

Afterword

Beneath the mask: a therapeutic journey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 12, 2022)

Other Format:

Print version: Golding, Kim. A Tiny Spark of Hope : Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood.

ISBN:

1-78775-432-4

OCLC:

1226588200