by Olga Horvat

If you are a pet owner who finds your sweet and adorable dog suddenly and inexplicably acting odd and out of character, you are certainly not alone. Paranormal Pooch: A True Story of the Dog Who Healed One Family, by Olga Horvat, tells an eye-opening story of her strange family’s dog Princess, who led Olga into healing with colors. Olga has become a Color Therapist for pets and their owners.

Books for Healing

by Derrick Jensen

Singular, compelling and courageously honest, this book is more than just a poignant memoir of a harrowingly abusive childhood. It relates the extraordinary journey of one man striving to save his own spirit and our planet's...

Books for Healing

by Richard Louv
posted to Care 2 by Beth Buczynski

Cross-posted from www.Care2.com

What if we spent as much time immersed in nature as we do in technology?

That’s the question Richard Louv sought to answer when writing his latest book, The Nature Principle. Our society, says Louv, has developed such an outsized faith in technology that we have yet to fully realize or even adequately study how human capacities are enhanced through the power of nature...

Books for Healing

Books for Healing

by  Patricia Volonakis Davis
Reviewed by Bess Coble, ATH Co-Editor of Exercise & Fitness

“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” meets “Under the Tuscan Sun” – that’s what another reviewer wrote. Since those are two of my favorite chick flicks, I expected a lot from this book and, thankfully, Patricia Volonakis Davis delivered even more. Harlot’s Sauce is well-written and is an easy, quick read and, best of all, undeniably human. Wherever she is living in the book, New York or Greece, you feel you are actually immersed in the unique nuances of that area. It’s been a long time since I laughed out loud at a book I was reading...

Books for Healing

by Katrina McFerran
Reviewed by Philippa Derrington, MA, BA (hons), Dip.MTh

This book provides a balanced theoretical and practical guide to working with adolescents. Music therapists, whether newly qualified or with experience in the field will find this book useful. It offers detailed explanations for realistic ways of working with adolescents and is packed full of ideas: from the description of an adolescent-friendly instrumentarium to a Symphonic model of music therapy group development...

Editor's Note from Bernice Chu: Philippa Derrington writes an excellent book review of McFerran's 'Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy. Methods and Techniques for Clinicians, Educators and Students'. Useful for clinicians and those with personal interest on this subject.

Books for Healing

Editor's Note from Gregory Shephard: Great interview based on the book Medical Intuition which came out in 2010.

Books for Healing

by Ford R. Myers
Reviewed by Elizabeth Mackenzie

I hesitated to include a review of this book on this website because, at first glance, it does not appear to be a book about healing. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that having a rewarding career is one of the cornerstones of living an authentic, fulfilling life. If you have recently lost your job, have been looking for work for a long time, or are enduring a position that is draining you of vitality, you know that no amount of herbs, massage, acupuncture or even meditation, will replace meaningful work that puts food on the table. Plus, the topic is timely and Myers' approach is grounded in an understanding that looking for work and building a career are all about mental attitude, or as he puts it, that the job search is really an inside game...

Books for Healing

by Don George
Reviewed by Michael Williams, ATH Co-Editor of Therapeutic Storytelling

Over the last few weeks, I've been mentoring a woman who works as a humanist celebrant. This is a person whose role is a secular one, yet no less spiritual in my mind: she celebrates the life of the deceased through a story compiled from the memories she's gathered from the deceased's family and friends. My friend is a stranger to most of the families yet she enters into the intimacy of their grief...

Books for Healing

by Mari L. McCarthy
Reviewed by Barbara Lazarony, ATH Co-Editor of Writing and Poetry Therapy

Everyone has a mission.

Mari McCarthy’s personal mission is to bring journaling to the world. She believes that when we write in our journals, we can begin to tap into our whole selves...

Editor's Note from Barbara Lazarony: Are you not sure why you don't have the money you desire? Are money worries making you sick? Then consider purchasing Mari McCarthy's e-book, Your Money Matters! and start journaling your way to financial freedom.

Books for Healing

by Sherri Carter, MS, ATH Co-Editor of PsychoSpiritual
Reviewed by Lorna Bright

Do you know anyone who has tried the ideas from the movie, The Secret, and they didn’t work? Living Your Intentions, The Power of Action can help.

“It’s through not only your thoughts and your feelings,” author Sherri Carter, MS tells us, “but also through the power and energy generated from your actions that you attract more of what you want.” 

How refreshing!...

Books for Healing