Brave: A Personal Story of Healing Childhood Trauma

ISBN: 1945099054

Author: McConnaughey PhD, Janyne

Condition: New

In middle age Janyne began to sense that her wonderful, successful life as a wife, mother, and professional educator was a cover for the deep inner pain she had come to know as the dark cloud. Then, during her first EMDR therapy session, three fractured adult parts made a perfect three-point landing in her conscious awareness. Thus began three years of intensive therapy as she fought to heal from sexual abuse that began in a home daycare at the age of three. With a sometimes-conflicted faith in God, and with the support of her therapist, and of her husband, Janyne fought to heal and integrate. This is Janynes story and also a tribute to a therapist and client relationship, working as a team to heal attachment wounds and increasingly tragic memories. Insights into the early wiring of unmet attachment needs as well as dissociative coping mechanisms are integral to this memoir of healing. Both pain and hope are present on every page. Janyne is both vulnerable and triumphant in her writing and will help every reader believe healing from childhood trauma is possible.