Crossing the Desert: Learning to Let Go, See Clearly, and Live Simply

Wicks, Robert J.

ISBN 10: 1933495154 / ISBN 13: 9781933495156

Published by Ave Maria Pr (edition ), 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crossing the Desert: Learning to Let Go, See Clearly, and Live Simply
• Publisher: Ave Maria Pr (edition )
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933495154
• ISBN 13: 9781933495156
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Robert J. Wicks, noted psychologist and author of bestsellers Riding the Dragon and Everyday Simplicity, delivers this paperback edition of Crossing the Desert, an insightful guide on how the wisdom of the ancient desert monks can help contemporary readers grow in personal freedom and authenticity. Dr. Wicks offers a psychological perspective on the early Christian monastic movement of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, using their wisdom to guide readers toward humility and freedom. In the same way the desert sages never gave answers, but always asked questions, Crossing the Desert presents readers with four desert questions that will lead them to take steps to inner freedom.

About the Author

Dr. Robert J. Wicks, who received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College, is a professor at Loyola College in Maryland. He has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, social work, nursing, and theology. His two major areas of expertise are the prevention of secondary stress (the pressures encountered in reaching out to others) and the integration of psychology and spirituality from a world religion perspective. He has addressed 10,000 educators in the Air Canada Arena in Toronto, spoken at the FBI Academy, led a weeklong course in Paris, and been commencement speaker at Stritch School of Medicine.

In 1994 he was responsible for the psychological debriefing of relief workers evacuated from Rwanda during their bloody civil war. In 1993, and again in 2001, he worked in Cambodia. During these visits, his work was with professionals from the English-speaking community who were present to help the Khmer people rebuild their nation following years of terror and torture. In 2006 he delivered a presentation on self-care at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to health-care professionals responsible for Iraqi war veterans evacuated to the United States with multiple amputations and severe head injuries.

Dr. Wicks has published more than forty books for both professionals and the general public. His most recent book for professionals, The Resilient Clinician, was published by Oxford University Press in 2007.