Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest

Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest
ISBN-10
1135057184
ISBN-13
9781135057183
Category
Psychology
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2013-05-13
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Holly A. Smith

Description

This book is about the influence of twenty years of work in the field of incest on a therapist's professional and personal life. It is comprised of individual cases, and touches upon topics including spirituality, sex between siblings, counter-transference, and incest teams. The author shares, in unadulterated prose, her experience as an incest therapist. This important, courageous work touches upon issues important to and resonant for mental health professionals treating incest and sexual abuse as well as the incest survivor or survivor's family member.

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