Wayne C. Irwin Livres

With this "how to" book, you can help remove stresses and strains of all kinds from the mind of another person - either child or adult - merely by reading short passages to the "patient" in the manner described.These spoken words will generally result in better health and strengthen desirable attitudes or behavior, as with professional therapy.Dr. William J. Bryan, Jr.'s exuberant praise in the first edition's foreword, included here, testifies to the importance of this innovative method for providing preventative health care - saying the book is "a sort of mental vaccination against many of the traumas and mental diseases to which children are susceptible."He also pointed out the book's value to professionals "who may wish to brush up on their semantics and reword some of their direct suggestions."Although most of the explanatory wording is directed toward mothers, the therapeutic passages are designed to apply equally to anyone.To make the book easier to use in dim lighting, as is beneficial in some cases for consideration of the "patient," the print is enlarged in selections to be read aloud.

The authors are ELCA & LCMS Lutheran clergy who tell their personal stories about alcoholism, addiction and codependency and how they discovered healing through the Twelve step program of recovery and the Fellowship of Recovering Lutheran Clergy.

This book offers a look at Richard Charles Jackson, a man with schizophrenia in remission, written from his point of view. Mr. Jackson seeks no revenge and wishes no harm to anyone. His hope is to help educate people about a terrible emotional and mental illness, which plagues tens of thousands of people across America. In this particular case, it is believed the illness was brought on by an illegal drugging. Please take the time to see into the inner world of a man who has made strides despite the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia beginning in 1971. His story entails illegal drugs, missing family members, robberies, and police work. In the earlier stages of the illness there were many delusions of grandeur and abnormal thoughts about the weather being controlled with what was thought to be pinpoint accuracy. At the very least, Seasons of Hope will be used as a research tool for medical students. At best it will be widely read so people can understand that most people in therapy are indeed victims and deserve love and understanding, and not the apathy and fear that many people in society feel toward the mentally ill.