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Dollbaby: Triumph Over Childhood Sexual Abuse

by Linde Grace White, M.Ed.
Foreword by Robert A. Keefer, M.Div.
Princeton Theological Seminary

216 pages
ISBN: 978-09676289-5-0

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Linda is not quite two years old, but she has to decide: Live or die? Like all choices, that one sets in motion a myriad of other choices. When she chooses to live, she also chooses to become a dollbaby-Daddy's toy-and to accept her status as an object. For all she knows, this is the way it is with all little girls. Children exist to entertain their parents, provide them with sexual gratification, and, otherwise, stay out of the way.

What an amazing discovery, years later, to find out that she is a real person, fully entitled to her own identity-whatever that is. She sets out to find that person, to reconstruct her fractured life. There are four splintered, dissociated versions of Linda. She eventually puts them all together in Linde Grace.

This is a true story of pain, hope and triumph, of a brave and determined little girl's victory over self-annihilating sexual abuse.

Linde Grace White holds an M.Ed. in guidance and counseling from Xavier University. A retired special education teacher, she worked with emotionally disturbed and behavior-disordered children for more than 20 years. She also works with VOICES in Action, a national organization for survivors of incest.



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Outsmarting Depression: Surviving the Crossfire of the Mental Health Wars

by Debbie Thurman

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The mental health system in the United States and much of the Western world stands at a crossroads. Health practitioners too often have treated patients as if they were machines, waiting to be fixed by mechanics with the wrong tools. The pushing of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs has resulted in an ever-enlarging pool of "clinically" depressed consumers who are not getting well.

Outsmarting Depression examines the inherent weaknesses in the reigning medical paradigm for recognizing and treating the "common cold of mental illness" and offers strategies that work. This book will show you:

• How to distinguish biological from emotional/spiritual depression
• Why psychiatric drugs are not as effective as we are told they are
• How to activate the mind?s and body?s unique healing system
• How to avoid being caught between warring practitioners
• What leading professionals really think about depression treatments

"... a refreshing rebuttal to the scientifically inaccurate but pervasive view of depression as a chemical imbalance of the brain."

Candace B. Pert, Ph.D.
Author, Molecules of Emotion
Georgetown University School of Medicine

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From Depression To Wholeness:
The Anatomy of Healing

by Debbie Thurman
March 2000; 224 pages;
ISBN 0-9676289-0-3

Debbie Thurman's 10-year journey out of the deep valley of major depressive disorder sets the tone for this book of comprehensive biblical and medical healing advice. Thurman meets her readers right where they are and walks them through the whys of depression and the hows of healing. Down-to earth and as honest as an emotional Cat-scan.

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Currently out of print

Journaling From Depressiong To Wholeness:
A 12-Week Program for Healing

by Debbie Thurman
May 2001; 116 pages;
ISBN 0-9676289-1-1

A devotional journal topically organized for the person working toward spiritual and emotional healing. Helps the journaler to deal with the damaged emotions and painful thoughts and memories so prevalent with depressive and anxiety disorders. An excellent resource for support or growth groups.


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Hold My Heart:
A Teen's Journal for Healing
and Personal Growth

by Debbie Thurman
September 2002; 116 pages;
ISBN 0-9676289-2-X

A devotional journal for 12- to 21-year-olds who need help finding their way through the maze of life's challenges and pains as they come of age in today's world of conflicting values and wounded hearts. A wonderful resource for youth groups.

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Sheer Faith:
A Teen's Journey to Godly Growth

by Debbie Thurman
December 2002; 112 pages;
ISBN 0-9676289-38

This is the masculine companion to Debbie Thurman's devotional journal for teen girls, Hold My Heart. Sheer Faith gives the same godly instruction and encouragement to teen boys who are on the journey to manhood, speaking in the warm and reassuring tones of a mother. A former Marine, Debbie knows when to bring tough love into the picture, but it is God who does the real teaching in this ten-week topical journal that is supported by scripture.

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A Basic Guide to Writing and Publishing for Authors … and Those who Want To Be

by Debbie Thurman
Resource Binder

Debbie's writing/publishing workshops are held primarily in the Southeast. Check the event calendar for future dates. If you can't get to a workshop, you can benefit from the wealth of information in Debbie's companion reference binder, A Basic Guide to Writing and Publishing for Authors … and Those who Want To Be. It's filled with advice, articles and resources. Workshop audio tapes will be available in the future.

Order the binder direct from Cedar House via mail, fax or phone. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Include $4.00 for 1st class postage and handling and $2.50 for media mail. Virginia residents add 4.5% sales tax.

"You can't get too much book information. Taking a course from Debbie Thurman is far less expensive than making a mistake."

-Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing Manual

"Debbie Thurman's writing and publishing workshops are an effective investment that can pay off in terms of time saved, money not wasted, anxiety avoided and a positive edge in the competitive world of publishing."

-Jim Cox, Midwest Book Review