A Coloring Book of Healing Images for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

“The books arrived yesterday and they look beautiful. Much thicker, and heavier than I was expecting, So much more than I thought I was getting! The paper quality is wonderful, I can actually use my water soluble crayons and a paint brush and the brushing doesn’t weaken the paper! And the page is thick enough that you can colour without the back picture being ruined. Yea! “These are so wonderfully written. Soooo much thought has gone into the writing, it’s just so reassuring when somebody gets the impact of trauma. I love all the ideas for creative expression that you’ve included. I love the explanations at the start of the chapters, they really set the scene. As I feel my self reacting to bits in the book, I can concentrate on the safety aspects that you’ve put in. The words are challenging but comforting at the same time, as it is with the words of people who get the real impact of trauma. “I’ve been a bit dissociative, mostly with excitement because it’s going to take me a long time to get through this book. Working on myself a little at a time, I won’t just finish it in a few weeks, it’s not a small book like I thought I was getting. I’ll be working on this for months and months and months! Yea !!!!! These are really good quality books. Thank you soooo much. This means a lot to me. With Warm thoughts.

“In this lovely, one-of-a-kind coloring book and through the healing power of words and images, the author and artists offer reader-artists many affirming avenues for their journeys to overcome the ravages of child abuse.”

“Professionals of all theoretical backgrounds find themselves searching for practical resources to offer adults who were abused in childhood, whether to use within clinical time or to offer as a therapeutic activity in the long lonely hours. This coloring book is a much-needed and distinctive new contribution to the field.”

“What is the source of this magical book of creative healing practices? In these pages, Dr. Lacter demonstrates a fine attunement to the horrors of those who were hurt, exploited, and betrayed as children. In each chapter, the hard-realist text grapples with the conundrums of the afflicted, then yields to calm pictorial resolutions to abuse, in which the colorer of the coloring book can join. Pass the paints and crayons!”