Creating A Healing Society.Creating A Healing Society Susan Lawrence (Arabella) Susan Lawrence (12 August 1871 – 25 October 1947) was a British Labour Party politician, one of the first female Labour MPs. Lawrence was the daughter of Nathaniel Lawrence, a wealthy solicitor, and Laura Bacon. , M.D. Elite Books c/o Gulotta Communications 341 Lexington Street, Newton, MA 02466 1600700217 $15.95 www.booktours.com www.creatingahealingsociety.com Written by Susan Lawrence, M.D., Creating A Healing Society: The Impact of Human Emotional Pain and Trauma on Society and the World is far more than an individual self-help book, focusing on the ills of human emotional pain and trauma as the root cause of societal and world problems. Without support, traumatized individuals engage in self-destructive and antisocial antisocial /an·ti·so·cial/ (-so´sh'l) 1. denoting behavior that violates the rights of others, societal mores, or the law. 2. denoting the specific personality traits seen in antisocial personality disorder. behaviors, from spreading disease such as AIDS to engaging in drug addiction drug addiction or chemical dependency Physical and/or psychological dependency on a psychoactive (mind-altering) substance (e.g., alcohol, narcotics, nicotine), defined as continued use despite knowing that the substance causes harm. to perpetuating cyclical cyclical Of or relating to a variable, such as housing starts, car sales, or the price of a certain stock, that is subject to regular or irregular up-and-down movements. ills such as child abuse and neglect--to international atrocities of terror and war. Creating A Healing Society offers a personal insight to suffering, as the author describes her own alienated al·ien·ate tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates 1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions. childhood and her efforts as an adult to help those most in need, and examines how society can be practically and spiritually improved, and offers a list of resources concerning trauma and recovery. Enthusiastically recommended. |
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