A Shining Affliction : A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy

Soars into sublime meditation...what makes this book so extraordinary is her willingness to reveal exactlty what goes on in the sometimes mysterious encounter between therapist and patient.—The Los Angeles Times. Number of Words in Auth: 3 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes Single Author : Annie G. Rogers Original Source : Mirc New Files 02 04 U Sorted Author by LN, FN: Rogers, Annie G. Title Length : 020 Title Parm D : A Shining Affliction Title Parm F : A Shining Affliction Title Parm A : A Shining Affliction Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 2210 Uncomma Author : Annie G. Rogers Num of Aut : 1

As a young psychology intern, Annie Rogers writes these words about her severely disturbed patient Ben, a five-year-old boy who has already seen a lifetime of trouble - orphaned as a baby, then fostered out to a family who forgot him in his crib when they fled a household fire. Now he talks with screams and punches, and only Annie can manage to draw him out with her infinitely skillful and intuitive play therapy. Listening with almost superhuman attention to the story his play reveals, she picks out the abandonment and fear that echo in his every movement, and slowly teaches him to trust and to love. But as Ben begins to explore the trauma of his past through his relationship with Annie, she finds herself being drawn downward into her own mental anguish. Catastrophically failed by her own therapist, she is hospitalized with a temporary but complete breakdown, losing even the ability to speak - and, like Ben, must struggle to understand her past horrors by giving them a name. Together she and her gifted new analyst uncover where her history of childhood terror overlaps with Ben's. Annie learns how she can complete her unfinished work with the child by creating a new story from the old - one that ultimately heals them both.

'Soars into sublime meditation...what makes this book so extraordinary is her willingness to reveal exactly what goes on in the sometimes mysterious encounter between therapist and patient.'—The Los Angeles Times. A moving account of a true-life double healing through psychotherapy. In this brave, iconoclastic, and utterly unique book, psychotherapist Annie Rogers chronicles her remarkable bond with Ben, a severely disturbed five-ear-old. Orphaned, fostered, neglected, and forgotten in a household fire, Ben finally begins to respond to Annie in their intricate and revealing platy therapy. But as Ben begins to explore the trauma of his past, Annie finds herself being drawn downward into her own mental anguish. Catastrophically failed by her own therapist, she is hospitalized with a breakdown that renders her unable to speak. Then she and her gifted new analyst must uncover where her story of childhood terror overlaps with Ben's, and learn how she can complete her work with the child by creating a new story from the old—one that ultimately heals them both. A moving account of a true-life double healing through psychotherapy. In this brave, iconoclastic, and utterly unique book, psychotherapist Annie Rogers chronicles her remarkable bond with Ben, a severely disturbed 5-year-old. Orphaned, fostered, neglected, and "forgotten" in a household fire, Ben finally begins to respond to Annie in their intricate and revealing place therapy. But as Ben begins to explore the trauma of his past, Annie finds herself being drawn downward into her own mental anguish. Catastrophically failed by her own therapist, she is hospitalised with a breakdown that renders her unable to even speak. Then she and her gifted new analyst must uncover where her story of childhood terror overlaps with Ben's, and learn how she can complete her work with the child by creating a new story from the old - one that ultimately heals them both. In the midst of her work with Ben, a severely disturbed five-year-old, Annie is hospitalized with her own breakdown and must finally uncover where her history of childhood terror overlaps with Ben's and learn how her work in the field of psychotherapy involves great risks and great gifts