A self-help workbook to lead abused women of faith through a path to freedom with a stronger relationship with God.
Shirley Fessel grew up on Southern Indiana.After earning a BA in English from Spalding College in Louisville, KY,she earned a MA in Counseling and an MEd in Communication, both fromWichita State University.
A 30-year veteraneducator and counselor, she has worked in urban, rural, and suburbansettings from literacy/GED to four-year-college levels. She has broadexpertise in the effect of communication on mental health and education. She received the National Association for Staff and ProfessionalDevelopment's Award of Excellence. She often presents at local andregional conferences.
Raised a Catholic, she seeswomen's spiritual equality as a global challenge. Her late husband was a Baptist minister suffering from a mental illness. A lifetime of studyhas resulted in her latest self-help recovery workbook which provides afaith-based path to freedom from spiritual and domestic abuse.
She has three children and three granddaughters and lives in the Kansas City metropolitan area.