Awakening to Your Inner Wisdom
with EFT and Imagery

Book review from About.com: "This book provides an insightful look at the therapeutic journeyof the trio's clients, but also records the rich evolution of the three authors' work as they come to understand each other's perspectives and build the 'Benevolence Model.'

Book review from ForeWord Magazine: "Rarely has the story of those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) been presented with such compassion and clarity."

"An essential read for all therapists and clergy who are interested in cooperative and holistic healing of those entrusted to their care."

Marion Bilich, Ph.D, Susan Bonfiglio, M.S.W, Steven Carlson, M.Div.

Book Description
Shared Grace provides a framework within which mental health professionals and clergy can work together to provide people in need with appropriate psychological services and spiritual interventions. Shared Grace will help therapists and clergy alike and enable each to obtain the support, education, and training to make interdisciplinary collaboration successful. Breaking down the walls between psychology and religion, this guide offers you proven and tried methods and models from the authors' collaborative work with a woman who suffered from dissociative identity disorder due to child abuse. Furthermore, Shared Grace discusses transforming damaged and dysfunctional images of God, the establishment of support systems from within the religious community, the use of guided imagery, and the creation of healthy rituals and ceremonies. Comprehensive and intelligent, this vital book will help you incorporate a spiritual dimension to your sessions and give patients successful and effective services.

Table of Contents

1 Our Story: Beginnings

2 Healing the Effects of Childhood Abuse

3 The Benevolence Model

4 Implementation of the Benevolence Model I:
Transforming Images and Experience

5 Implementation of the Benevolence Model II:
Healing Through Relationship

6 Working Together: Guidelines for Therapist/Clergy Collaboration

7 Establishment of Support Groups

8 Healing Interventions

9 Therapists and Clergy Growing Together

Appendix A: Teresa's Personality Structure

Appendix B: Resources for Therapists

Appendix C: Reseources for Clergy

Appendix D: Resources for Support Group Members

Appendix E: Resources for Survivors

Appendix F: Resources for Guided Imagery

References

Index