Author Description

Tragedy and trauma are facts of life. Experiences that leave people feeling wounded, abused, hopeless, and heart-broken rain on the just and the unjust. What to do and how to help such victims are essential questions for caregivers. This book is a down-to-earth practical guide for entering into the trauma of people's lives with hope and purpose. Its aim is to instruct both the caregiver and the care-receiver in how to move from victimization to victory. It confronts 12 experiences that tend to leave a person traumatized with a head-on approach which goes way beyond easy answers and platitudes. When Home Is Where the Hurt Is provides strategies for turning tragedy into triumph.