The Ultimate Betrayal

by Stolz, Maria

• ISBN13: 9780615439563
• ISBN10: 061543956X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-07
• Publisher: Maria Stolz

Summary

The Ultimate Betrayal is a unique inside look and view into the private realm of a therapist's office during seven intensive years of psychotherapy. Ms. Stolz is an adult survivor of terrifying and horrifying childhood battery and violence. In June 1996, suffering from severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the author became a patient who kept an extensive journal of the conversations and emails that occurred between her and the therapist. This is a testament to all adult survivors who live as ghosts burdened with secrets of the family crucible. It is hoped that the book will welcome them back among the living by showing them how to heal-that it is possible to find joy in living and thrive in their lives.

Author Biography

Maria Stolz is a former Californian living in Minnesota. She and her husband Howard have been married for nearly forty years and they have three grown children, Moana Lua, Asher, and Liliapua (Lily) and two grandchildren Destiny and Brayden. She writes a column called "Musings of a Transplant" for a local newspaper and is a soprano "road warrior" musician for three groups. She is also a nationally renowned stained glass artist of churches and synagogues including one window which graces the Vatican. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in Marriage Family Therapy and wants to conduct a specialty practice for seniors as a licensed therapist.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
It Began With a Gall	p. 15
Night Sweats	p. 18
The Hard Work Begins-Getting to Know Each Other	p. 21
Ramming Speed	p. 28
Still Dreaming	p. 34
Defcon I	p. 37
Fall Out	p. 42
Dreaming Awake	p. 47
Back to the Present	p. 55
Twenty-something	p. 59
Wild Girl-Child	p. 64
More Work to Do	p. 71
More Dreamwork	p. 81
Aftermath	p. 88
Still Climbing	p. 97
Casting Stones	p. 104
Breaking the Cycle of Violence	p. 105
Falling Again	p. 111
The Trigger	p. 118
New Year's Resolutions	p. 122
Watershed	p. 130
Deprivations	p. 139
The Deer	p. 144
My Life-script	p. 149
The Third Party	p. 153
What We Care to Know	p. 156
Feelings	p. 162
Saying Goodbye	p. 167
Afterword	p. 172
Appendix	p. 174
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