Martha Wakenshaw shares her experiencing of the children who come to her for healing. This Child of Mine is a deeply personal account of the author's fifteen years of practice as a child therapist. Using play and expressive arts therapy, Wakenshaw deals with emotionally traumatized children and presents the healing relationship that occurs between therapist and patient on a human, rather than clinical level. 
The author's career spans a therapy center for pre-schoolers where she is too quickly made Director, a group home for young teenagers never adopted, an elementary school of high-risk children, to her own private practice. Each raise memories from her own childhood which intersperse the story of her personal and professional development. 
Wakenshaw shares all the experiences of a child therapist, from struggling with her own feelings about parents only trying to cope, to therapist burnout, to her struggles over referrals to Child Protective Services, to the imposition of insurance companies who give her ten session to "fix" a traumatised child. 
There are the children. The Raymonds and Jacksons and Canadaces in whose lives she makes a difference, whose resilient little spirits cannot long be bent. 
This Child of Mine is about the hurt child in us all, and our own journey of personal uncovering.

This Child of Mine: A Therapist's Journey

Biographies & Memoirs

Wakenshaw, Martha

Professionals & Academics

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The Ultimate Survival Guide for the Single Father

The Ultimate Survival Guide for the Single Father by Thomas Hoerner Review: 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars Raising that child without burning out, May 6, 2002 By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Ultimate Survival Guide for the Single Father (Paperback) The Ultimate Survival Guide For The Single Father is a straightforward, no-nonsense guidebook for single dads of all backgrounds struggling to meet the challenge of raising a child. Individual chapters address a wide range of issues and concerns from coping with divorce and separation, to dealing with domestic chores, to cooking nutritious meals fast and easy, to taking care of one's health and financial matters, to balancing home responsibilities with a career, and much more. Packed cover to cover with a compendium of useful information for men of any age or background suddenly having the total responsibility for rearing a child thrust upon them, The Ultimate Survival Guide For The Single Father will prove an invaluable resource for successfully raising that child without burning out or otherwise losing your mind! Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces

Hoerner, Thomas

Self-Help

An examination of American divorce customs looks at the current situation in child custody, access, and support and outlines biases the author perceives in a system tilted in favor of women which results in divorced fathers being estranged from their children.

Where's Daddy?: The Mythologies Behind Custody Access Support

K. C.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

A thoroughly researched examination of the failure of child support enforcement, and why public mythology insists it was ever warranted and is effective. Part I presents the compliance numbers and progression of enforcement measures. All aspects have been a failure. Part II analyses the emotional impetus behind this effort for if we are trying to solve the wrong thing.

The Multiple Scandals of Child Support

Politics & Social Sciences

Wilson, K.C.

Social Sciences

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