“Bravo to Melissa Hook for successfully communicating the core ethics of the victim rights and service field. She effectively connects the wisdom, practical application, and complexities of working with crime victims.  This book is mind-opening, validating, and promotes the self-awareness necessary for effective victim service. It is a must read whether one has been in the field for one month or 30 years.”

This workbook is a valuable, practical, and above all useful contribution to the abuse recovery field. Through a series of artwork exercises, survivors of trauma are offered an opportunity to enhance present-day mastery in a grounded, creative, and gentle way. The more I read, the more excited I got about being able to recommend this fine workbook to clients and workshop participants.

This newest book in Sidran Institute’s Risking Connection® training curriculum series focuses on the healing role that clergy of all denominations can play in the lives of trauma survivors in their congregations. As many as one in four of the people you encounter may have been deeply wounded by life experiences.