I couldn't have said it better
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For the professional therapist there's nothing like knowing good practice.

I cherish this little tome on Erickson for its ability to offer so much insight into the working practices of one of the great therapists. What makes it so important is the fact that nothing is as real as belief - that of the therapist practitioner and that of the client. Milton believed firmly in his ability, coupled with deep insight, compassion and understanding each situation.

In his own words we learn how important it is only to be a guide for the client who makes all the important decisions. We, the therapists are only there to guide and comfort. We do not heal - that is down to the individual client.
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It's everything they say it is.  I almost didn't get this one but I'm proud I did.  There is nothing I can say bad about.
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Blessed Are the Misfits is the perfect combination of all the things I didn't know I needed to hear. It simultaneously soothed my soul and had me shouting, ah ha! I knew it wasn't just me! It was moving, and genuine, and honest. It made me feel like maybe I do have a place to fit after all; with all the other misfits who are just as lost as I am.

I really don't want to give away too much, because if you're tracking with me so far, I really want you to go read this book, but I will leave with one final thought from the book. One of the most valuable insights therein was a Hansens referral to a dark night that many of us experience; a lack of emotional reward from our spiritual lives, something others seem to have in abundance. The idea was described concisely this way: If the feeling is gone, maybe this whole this is a charade. But Hansen bravely suggests that letting go of the expectation of emotionality is, in fact, liberating. He says this to sum it all up:

We become less dependent on our feelings. Even the Our faith becomes less about the comings and goings of emotion and more about loving people freely.

How many of us need to hear that? How many of us need that spoken into our marriages, our families, and our churches? I know I did.

I could honestly go on and on about this book. After reading it through once, I only held myself back from reading it again because I felt like my husband needed to read it too. But Im going to stop here because, again, if youve tracked with me so far, I really want you to go out and get this book. Trust me, you need to hear what hes got to say.
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I will not say anything because I don't know what to say
But I will say that it is awesome
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I choose this rating because it is more than I expected. I cannot tell others how much I appreciate it!
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I actually love that the words come separate so I could place the saying however I liked. It was better than what I thought it would be.
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Honestly, i don't know how much a person can say about something like this. It does it's just and that's about all that matters. It's held up to the situations i've put it in over the last couple of months.
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What can I say, I LOVED it. I think you will too. Nuff said.
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To the first person who wrote the one star review... couldn't have put it better myself.
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I had this book pre-ordered from day one. However, I didn't read it until today. Yes, I wanted to read this like mad, however I knew it was going to rip me apart. I was right, it devastated me. It left me a big mess.  And I loved it. This book was perfect. The first two books in the series were amazing but this, this was pure and honest perfection. It takes a lot for an author to get inside my head. Damon, my dear dear Damon. I cheered for you even when I wanted to shake you. I cried when you realized how much life had broken you and cut you off from the very things that drew you into this lifestyle. To the outside world they may look at this book, at this series, as something they don't understand. And that's okay everyone is different. However as wonderfully quoted we're all a little mad.

I'm saddened that I read this book in one sitting as now it has capture my thoughts and will for some time. Christopher, I didn't know how much I would love you. I didn't know how much love and strength you were capable of showing. And yes your arrogance, because while it is maddening and infuriating, it suits you. Each book takes me to a little darker place and it scares and delights me all at the same time.

While I know not everyone will like it mostly due to not understanding it, I ask that you still give credit where it's due. I can't not imagine how rough it was writing this book and while you may not understand or get what's it like, it still is an absolutely amazing book.
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I find it difficult to find the right words to capture just how much of an impact this book had on me. Natalie is honest about mental illness. She doesn't sugar coat or tip toe around her struggles and her words left me laughing and moved to tears. I truly believe that this is a book everyone should read and read again. I didn't want the book to end.
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what can I say, that hasn't been said already.  WONDERFUL!
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Excellent ! What else can I say ? Thank you for such a wonderful product .
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Trite words such as riveting, engrossing, touching, brilliant, make us cringe when we read them in reviews. They are over-applied, by eager readers who want to help a good author. We see them, even in a crowd of other words, and certainly think them jaded. Keep them in mind though, as I tell you this.

I sat this morning to read 'Musical Chairs'; something I've intended to do for ages. Jen has been a constant name in my list of author connections, more than a year now. As we do to one another, I buried her book under a few hundred others. I have been feeling the strain of my TBR, because most of it has a deadline attached, my mind has been seizing up. I wanted something real - not fiction - and that desire brought Jen's book very quickly to the top of my list. It was 6 a.m. when I started reading. It is noon now, and I've read every word of Jen's book, amazed.

I'm savvy to some of Jen's presence on the internet. We toss banter as authors do, almost by accident, when we are at the same URLs for the same instant. But six hours after I sat with her, truly in person, I know more about her than I do some of my own family. 'Musical Chairs' becomes real and startling, moments in. My tired mind, which cannot process another zombie today, opened up to an emotional and honest experience I'm ashamed to have delayed. For a few hours, my breakfast went uneaten; my coffee chilled; the sun rose, and my dog settled elsewhere, knowing I was not getting out of my chair.

Riveting means that you cannot turn away. I could not.
Engrossing means that you will embrace the voice of the character. In this case - Jen Knox.
Touching means that you are going to be led in emotions. She certainly does that.
Brilliant, in this case I must confess a hitch. Jen remembers with a piercing clarity which I envy her. But, my own mother has a brilliant memory. Jen writes superbly, the first three words in this quartet of trites already attest to that fact.

No, here I wish to re-define Brilliant for you. It is exactly what you might guess. I chose not to say Jen's book is illustrative of an educated, ordered, purposeful text. I want it to mean, after reading with my entire heart for six hours, that her book is filled with such light. She seems to be looking forever into her own sunrise. Each dawn is reaffirming that she has begun again. Her shadows are the transitory things. Her life is illuminated. This morning - it blinded me.
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I notice that most people who dinged this absolutely miraculous device had trouble with voice recognition. There's got to be some explanation for that, as my wife and I, born Kentuckians with an accent that doesn't even approach "middle American" have no trouble with it. It is simply flawless and were I to try to pry it from her hands, there would be marital trouble. Well thought-out, well made, I can't say enough good about it.

WELL worth the price.
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What  more can I say than I have done? I bought It at an agreeable price!
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Dana's words are truly spoken from her heart to each and every reader. Whether reading it from beginning to end, or selecting a passage that speaks to where you are in the moment, the words are poignant and her message is clear. The text was really accessible and left me with a sense of peace. This is a gift! Give it to yourself and those you love.