From as early as one month old, he was gravely ill with one illness after another. By the time he was three years old, he had been hospitalized more times than she could count. He would get better and then suddenly relapse with no reasonable explanation. When her granddaughter was born, she too started having alarming health problems. She had known that her daughter-in-law seemed to exaggerate but never could she have imagined this. The children’s mother was so cunning and crafty in her manipulative deception that she fooled dozens of medical professionals along the way. After three years of her grandson being constantly sick with countless hospitalizations, this grandmother was faced with the horrifying realization; that her grandchildren were sick because their mother was making them sick. Then the real fight began. Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy is one of the cruelest forms of child abuse imaginable. It is very difficult to prove and even harder to prosecute. This story chronicles a woman’s journey as she discovers that her two grandchildren are victims of this abuse that most people have never even heard of. Her faith in God kept her going as she turned their tragedies and trials into triumph. Follow her journey of faith as she fights to rescue, protect, and bring healing to her grandchildren’s broken spirits and shattered little souls.

    "I was born in the month of July, and my horoscope sign is a disease (Cancer). The symbol for Cancer? A crab (the sexually transmitted critter). Not only that, my parents named me Shawn Timothy Decker, which makes my initials S.T.D. Shawn Decker isn't quite the all-American boy. Sure, he gets caught shoplifting copies of Penthouse, is crazy about pro wrestling, especially "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, and never has a problem getting dates. But he's also a hemophiliac who discovers, at age eleven, that he has contracted HIV from tainted blood products. Instead of becoming self-pitying and dying (as first predicted), Shawn develops a twisted sense of humor, meets Depeche Mode through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and writes on blogs and in Poz magazine about what it's like being hetero and HIV-positive in rural Virginia. He also turns to gay men for advice on dating women and, almost twenty years after getting HIV, marries Gwenn Barringer, who is HIV-negative and a former competitor for the title of Miss Virginia. Together Shawn and Gwenn travel the country, speaking to high school and college kids about how to live and love with HIV (and how to avoid getting it).

    . . .a woman whose dead aunt was made into a mummy so the family could better grieve her passing and on occasion dine with her at family gatherings . . . a man wants his nose cut off to escape an annoying smell that haunts him . . . a teenage boy would only come to therapy if he could bring his pet snake."These and other fascinating and revealing stories are told by some of the most famous therapists in the world. Collected in this extraordinary book, well known practitioners recount the most memorable case histories of their illustrious careers. Engaging and surprising stories of human behavior are dramatically and often humorously portrayed. Each chapter gives a behind-the-scenes look at how therapists work with clients whose problems and behaviors aren't found in standard psychology textbooks. The book also shows how these eminent therapists often cure these apparently intractable problems and learn something about themselves in the process.1 The Man Who Wanted His Nose Cut Off / Jeffrey A. Kottler 7 --2 The Mummy at the Dining Room Table / Jon Carlson 21 --3 Buzzy Bee's Oral Fixation / Frank Pittman 32 --4 An Oedipal Dilemma / Arnold Lazarus 45 --5 The Urge to Eat from Garbage Cans / William Glasser 55 --6 The Penis That Needed Permission from the Church / Domeena Renshaw 66 --7 Therapy with a Gopher Snake and a Horned Lizard / Violet Oaklander 74 --8 Getting Rid of Old Junk / Harville Hendrix 84 --9 The Terminator Finds Himself on a Mental Ward / Scott Miller 95 --10 They Learned to Live with Ghosts / Insoo Kim Berg 105 --11 The Woman Who Should Have Been Depressed / Michael Yapko 115 --12 The Woman Who Hated Everyone and Everything / Albert Ellis 126 --13 The Medicine Man Who Never Had a Vision / Bradford Keeney 136 --14 The Woman Who Hanged Herself to Check Her Husband's Response Time / Susan Johnson 147 --15 The Hip-Nose Doctor Finds the Michael Jackson Tickets / Ernest Rossi 157 --16 The Lawyer from Hell / Arthur Freeman 166 --17 Reconstructing the Jigsaw Puzzle of a Meter Man's Memory / Robert A. Neimeyer 178 --18 An Emergency Hypnosis to Solve the Crime at the Burger Joint / Pat Love 191 --19 Beauty and the Beast / Samuel Gladding 199 --20 The Lie That Hid in His Back / Gay Hendricks 208 --21 The Client Who Wanted His Therapist to Be Someone Else / Howard Kirschenbaum 217 --22 The Bride Wore a Tuxedo, the Groom Wore a Gown / Joel Bergman 228 --23 Recovering from Recovered Memories / David Scharff 238 --24 Panic Disorder from Sewer Grates, Amusement Parks, and Sex with Ministers / Howard Rosenthal 249 --25 The Eighty-Two-Year-Old Prostitute / Jay Haley 257 --26 Saved by a Ghost / Stephen Lankton 264 --27 He'll Always Be Black / James F.T. Bugental 275 --28 "I Wouldn't Mind Being That Guy in the Mirror" / Michael Mahoney 279 --29 The Three-Year-Old Who Was an Alcoholic / Laura S. Brown 291 --30 Every Parent's Worst Nightmare / Donald Meichenbaum 299 --31 The Third Sexual Identity / Peggy Papp 305 --32 The Bird Colonel Who Turned into an Elephant / Len Sperry 316

    I’d gone from the spunky, fun, Alex DeMarco to a broken woman terrified of intimacy. Easing me back into dating, my best friend sets me up with kickboxing lessons from my charming and perfectly sculpted instructor—Carter Maxwell. Carter’s goal is to break through my emotional barrier and mold my heart just like he molds my body, but trusting men is a battle I’m not ready for. What’s worse is my ex fiancé, Todd Livingston—the man who tore my heart in two—wants me back, and as much as I’d like to deny it, the feelings are still there. Both men want what I can’t give—my body and my love—and neither are willing to give up the fight. But only one of them can unbreak this heart of mine.

    Places where the infirm, the crazy, and the certifiable go for treatment... Or what passes for ‘treatment’.This is a collection of stories of bedlam taking place within the padded walls of an institution. Stories of experiments gone wrong, patients revolting against the staff, or even the deranged doings of those charged with giving care. They are sick, depraved, and atrocious - the type of stories that rarely reach the light of day.Are you brave enough to crawl inside the minds of the thirteen authors who wrote these tales... Or are you afraid you’ll be locked up for peeking?Featuring the talents of:Delphine Boswell, Alex Chase, Sean Conway, Megan Dorei, A.A. Garrison, Tom Howard, Russell Linton, Suzie Lockhart and Bruce Lockhart 2nd, Jennifer Loring, Sergio Palumbo, Joseph A. Pinto, and D.M. Smith

    Lowen, is out of touch wit reality- and especially with the reality of his or her own body. This inspiring, pioneering book explores the cultural and psychological forces that contribute to this condition and shows how we can overcome depression.

    He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth. Notes on a Nervous Planet: Looking at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, Matt Haig invites us to feel calmer, happier and to question the habits of the digital age. This book might even change the way you spend your precious time on earth.

    We've learned that full recovery is not only possible, but may actually be the most common outcome given the right conditions. Furthermore, Dr. Paris Williams' own groundbreaking research, as mentioned in the New York Times, has shown that recovery often entails a profound positive transformation. In Rethinking Madness, Dr. Williams takes the reader step by step on a highly engaging journey of discovery, exploring how the mainstream understanding of schizophrenia has become so profoundly misguided, while crafting a much more accurate and hopeful vision. As this vision unfolds, we discover a deeper sense of appreciation for the profound wisdom and resilience that lies within our beings while also coming to the unsettling realization of just how thin the boundary is between so called madness and so called sanity.

    But will her eldest daughter stand in the way of her second chance? Amish widow and mother of four, Liz Miller struggles with her desire for a new relationship. Though Liz's husband has been gone for ten years, their eldest daughter, Leona, is furious at the thought of her mother abandoning her father's memory. As Liz finds her interest growing in Adam Yoder, a local, single minister, Liz and Leona have increasingly ferocious arguments. It soon seems like they can't get through a week without butting heads. Facing the prospect of a daughter who hates her and a future that grows increasingly bleak, Liz is must find a way to ensure her own happiness and that of her family before she loses everything. Can Liz forge a path towards a new love? Find out in A New Amish Love, Book 1 of the Second Chance Amish Romance series. This is the first of a three book, second chance romance series. If you love sweet, Amish romance with a message of hope and new beginnings, start reading A New Amish Love today.

    They try to keep their distance, but fate decrees otherwise amidst a town riot.MADDY'S FUGITIVE - Isolated farm girl, Maddy, finds herself swept up in a dangerous adventure with an escaped convict trying to clear his name.GRACE'S FOLLY - Imagine how Grace feels when the man she hires to masquerade as her husband turns out to be the Pinkerton detective send by her father to find her.

    Tate seems both awed and bemused by small town life, with its legends, flights of fancy, heightened emotions, tragedies and small ruptures in the fabric of ordinary existence.

    The problem is, they remember it differently… Sisters Penny and Victoria seem to have nothing in common—except perhaps envy. Penny seems blessed with a perfect work-life balance, though only she knows how underpaid and underappreciated she is, while Victoria appears to have everything she could wish for— along with a growing list of neuroses that keep her teetering on the brink of breakdown.For years the sisters have been at odds for reasons they don’t quite understand. What they do know is that everything changed on Christmas Eve 1976, when a shocking chain of events fractured the family forever. But when a fresh tragedy strikes, it becomes clear that Victoria remembers a lot more about that horrific day than she’s letting on…As secrets from their childhood are forced to the surface, the sisters must confront the shadows of the past together. Because, as they come to learn, as long as the truth remains bottled up, their relationships with each other, and to the past, can never heal. Revised edition: This edition of The Bottle of Tears (also published as Let the Light Shine) includes editorial revisions.

    Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same paragraph.--Newsweek.

    However, only 20% of those with the illness are able to gain long term control over their lives with medication alone. Now, bipolar disorder expert Julie A. Fast, who was diagnosed with the illness at age 31, and specialist John Preston, Psy.D., have developed an effective program that helps readers promote stability, reduce the risk of suicide, increase work ability, decrease health care costs, and improve relationships. The book guides those with bipolar disorder and their loved ones toward a comprehensive personal treatment plan by incorporating:medications and supplementslifestyle changesbehavior modificationsguidelines on assembling an effective support team.By helping readers gather these powerful resources, TAKE CHARGE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER delivers a dynamic program to treat this dangerous, but ultimately manageable illness.