Hiding, hurting, healing

By Mary Franzen Clark

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310305519
• ISBN13: 9780310305514
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Compassion and Wisdom

This small book has within its pages a richness of compassion, affirmation and wisdom. The author's purpose is "to encourage women to stop hiding their problems, to bring them into the light, and to tackle them." And she certainly does this well. Drawing upon her personal experience as a Christian psychotherapist, Clark challenges women to be honest with themselves and others for their own healing and growth. Each chapter focuses on the pain women feel, its causes, and what needs to be learned and acted upon for healing to take place. She focuses on the lives of depressed women, abandoned women, the "superwomen," aging women and women who have never grown up. An invaluable chapter centers on preventing women from falling into these roles. Recognizing that the church's value and treatment of women has often perpetuated women's pain, Clark writes strongly and clearly of the healing that must also take place there. The basis for Clark's analysis and concern is deeply grounded in the knowledge that as Christians we have God's approval and unconditional love. Knowing this we can move on to seek autonomy in our lives. Only as we live responsibly can can we minister as God leads. Clark's integration of Christian values and mental health provides a sound base for her practical ideas. This is a restorative book for women of all ages in all stages of life. Reading this book or sharing it with a friend in pain could bring a message of healing. (This review was previously published in "Daughters of Sarah" Nov/Dec 1985.)