C.P.R: Choice Processing and Resolution - Softcover

Trudy M. Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1432743295 ISBN 13: 9781432743291

Publisher: Outskirts Press, 2009

Synopsis

Overwhelming sadness after a voluntary pregnancy termination is sometimes unexpected and surprising. Understanding that these overwhelming emotions can be a normal part of the choice process is helpful. This book is the first self-help plan available for walking through grief after abortion without fear of judgment. You can use the information and tools provided to process and resolve grief after a voluntary pregnancy termination in the privacy of your own home. Created by a professional therapist, CPR ~ Choice Processing and Resolution, is used individually and also as a workbook for licensed therapists to help their clients process and resolve their grief after abortion.

About this title

About the Author

Trudy M. Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist in the State of Colorado and the State of Tennessee. She worked in a national known ministry from 1994 - 2005 reaching out to women with grief and abuse issues. Her passion is to help restore women and marriages to health, since walking through her own journey of emotional crisis.Her credentials include:Trinity Seminary, BA Biblical CounselingTrinity Seminary, MA Biblical CounselingChaplaincy Certificate, Master's Divinity SchoolCertificate of Marriage and Family Therapy ­ Denver Family Therapy InstituteLMFT, Licensed Professional Marriage & Family Therapist in the states of Colorado andTennessee.Trudy has worked over two decades helping women and men get freedom from the bondage of emotional regulation and grief-related issues. Trudy has a unique combination of her own personal journey and professional training. She is an expert in her field of counseling women who've experienced trauma.  She is in private practice in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Trudy has a passion for helping professional therapists understand the issue of disenfranchised grief as related to voluntary pregnancy termination.  She presented a Learning Institute for the  American Counseling Association on the issue of grief after abortion in 2012.  She provides other trainings to professionals regarding this women's (and sometimes men's) issue.  She has a professional training for professionals to earn CEU's both on her website and also teaches this topic in person.

From the Back Cover

Here are some things you will learn about your voluntary pregnancy termination:

• Why is "vpt" a grief situation?
• What is disenfranchised grief?
• How can I share my "deep dark secret" in safety?
• How do I identify emotions that relate to my choice decision?
• How to resolve special situations like cases of rape or adverse pregnancy diagnosis.
• How to process multiple choice decisions.

From the Inside Flap

This is the only self-help plan available in the history of choice that addresses only the grief component in voluntary termination decisions. It is a non-judgmental presentation and is safe for all religious and cultural orientations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1432743295
• ISBN 13: 9781432743291
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 109