Breathe Deeply! Healing Stories For The Soul is a delightful collection of therapeutic and spiritually transforming fairy tales for adults and children (ages ten and older). Come explore the healing world of the imagination and meet magical characters like a little-boy prince who becomes addicted to his teddy bear and finds recovery with the help of a mysterious shaman, a young dolphin who finds healing from sexual trauma with the help of an angel, and a beast from the primordial ooze who must claim his own voice in order to remember who he really is.

Wisdom need not be complex. As Patricia Burke demonstrates in Breathe Deeply! Healing Stories for the Soul, simplicity is the key to true wisdom...and stories the most direct path to the soul. Since ancient times, storytellers have woven history, fable and metaphor into the very fabric of their cultures, and Burke has managed to create 14 illuminating parables that provide subtle, yet meaningful messages for readers of all ages. Adults will learn to find the child within; children will delight in the imagery that provides a clear path to maturity. Each of these stories directs readers and listeners inward, where compassion, understanding and healing truly begin.

We all have things we hang onto, though they're most obvious when we see them in children. The simple suggestion of replacement is something that people of all ages can learn. Throughout these fourteen stories, Burke delves into the anger, self-worthlessness, pain, trauma and many other emotions that cause so much dysfunction in all of us, yet she does so with the delicate hand of a surgeon, and the caring touch of compassion. The diverse imagery and settings will delight children and adults alike. Breathe Deeply! Healing Stories for the Soul will touch many for years to come.

Breathe Deeply! Healing Stories For The Soul is entertaining and healing for children ages ten and older, a "must read" for adult children from dysfunctional or alcoholic homes, adults in recovery from addictions, adults on a spiritual path and a valuable teaching tool for parents, teachers, psychotherapists, nurses, school counselors, social workers, substance abuse counselors, Jungian and transpersonal psychologists, and other healing arts professionals.

Read a sample chapter: William and the Bear

ISBN: 1-879418-95-9
�1995
$12.00 US
Softcover 172 Pages
Distributed by Reshaping the World, LLC.

"Here in a single source, is an essential overview of trauma treatment for people in addiction treatment settings. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment presents specific methodologies and techniques for clients in inpatient and outpatient addiction/mental health settings. The contributors--leading clinicians and researchers in the field--provide a comprehensive set of scientific treatment approaches addressing a broad specturm of trauma disorders." (From the publisher)

Patricia Burke has authored/co-authored three chapters in this ground breaking work. Her contributions include:

• Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment
• Enhancing Hope and Resilience Through a Spiritually Sensitive Focus in the Treatment of Trauma and Addiction
• Counselor Self-Care in Work with Traumatized, Addicted People