The Trauma Tree: Going Beyond Survival, Growing Toward Wholeness

By Lisa Saruga

Foreword by Angeline Boulley, New York Times best-selling author of Firekeeper's Daughter

"If you or someone you know has experienced trauma, this is one of the most important books you can read."
--Carol Kent, speaker, founder and executive director of Speak Up Ministries, and author of When I Lay My Isaac Down

Trauma doesn't have to define you.

Trauma is a liar. It claims that all hope is lost and that pain dictates your life. Lisa Saruga understands this struggle deeply. As a licensed counselor, trauma therapist, and a victim of sexual assault, she's been there, and she knows the way out.
The Trauma Tree is a companion for your healing journey. Saruga walks with you through her own story and the stories of survivors, demonstrating how you can move through trauma, avoid re-traumatization, and grow stronger in your mind, body, and spirit.

Woven throughout is a parable of Saruga's front-yard pear tree, a representation of life and longevity . . . until it was crushed by what seemed like irreparable physical trauma. For the pear tree, and maybe for you, too, a devastating event has transformed life from flourishing to simply surviving.

But mere survival doesn't have to be the goal.

Discover the God-given resources you were created with and learn to process emotions, find a healthy support system, and start an effective therapeutic path to healing. Move toward God's goal for you: healing and wholeness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825448743
• ISBN13: 9780825448744
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"