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Cathartic Healing Techniques Revealed in a New Book about Author's Journey to Overcome Emotional Trauma

Partially sighted, Fred Craver lives in a world of dark and light guided by a white cane. Yet this challenge is easier than some others he has faced.

In his book Courageous Healing: How to Fully and Quickly Recover from Traumatic Experiences or Feelings of Anger and Resentment, author Fred Craver, Ph.D., reveals for the first time the techniques for healing he discovered through his own unrelenting struggle.

"As you wander through the healing words of this book, you begin to feel a gentle uplifting of heart and soul. This is an honest, heartfelt book that carefully and in wonderful detail chronicles one man's journey from a painful past into a hopeful future. The author is right on when he describes the healing process, that of expressing old angers and re-thinking past situations.

"What is most valuable about this book is the very personal information that allows you to live through the process with the author. So many books describe and outline the steps only; Fred Craver invites you inside with him as he lives them. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever considered giving up their healing efforts; the message here is that it is never too late."

Janet Lapp, Ph.D., CSP, CPAE
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Author

Fred experienced several serious traumas that produced deep-seated emotional wounds, which eventually evolved into physical symptoms such as a persistent discomfort limiting the use of his hands, failure to recover from common illnesses within a reasonable period of time, and more-unpredictable and medically unexplainable.

Courageous Healing combines Fred's memoir of self-discovery and guidelines for self-healing using his new techniques. In an upper middle class, well-educated family that appeared to have everything, his mother lived in constant fear of abandonment and his older brother, cruel as a child, later committed suicide. He unravels the underpinning events and circumstances that led to his emotional trauma. He tells how he discovered his healing techniques and how determination to heal his life, forced him to test them on himself. In an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format he presents the techniques. More traditional methods that helped him are explained as well.

Courageous Healing offers a journey with a frank author who explains how he:

pushed existing techniques far enough to replace angry and resentful feelings with peace and contentment;
created a cathartic approach that allowed him to heal from trauma;
searched for answers to his debilitating challenges with his "I-just-don't-quit" attitude.

"There were times I was unable to fully function, but I never quit. If one thing didn't work, I looked for something else. I hope that my book will give others the encouragement to keep trying as well. It will also provide them with the techniques to achieve greater emotional healing than they ever dared to hope for," says Fred.

Courageous Healing: How to Fully and Quickly Recover from Traumatic Experiences or Feelings of Anger and Resentment, ISBN: 0-9749612-0-5, US $16.95. Paperback, 280 pages, 16 pictures. Available from Riko Books, P.O. Box 173, Newton, MA 02456. Or contact the author: telephone 617-926-4124, fax 617-924-6602.

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