The Healing Touch of Affirmation by Thomas A. Kane (1976-06-01)

The author maintains that to be truly human, truly free, a person must find affirmation through the love of others, and in so doing affirm his fellowman - and that therein lies healing for all. Father Kane claims: Having been affirmed by another and affirming others, you will know and feel who you are; you will have a true identity. You will sense that you are different but acceptable, that you not only belong in the world but that you are contributing to it and can change it; that there is a unique place for you that you have a unique contribution; that you can choose freely to love and to do, and that you cannot be ultimately destroyed. You can be confidently open to the future. Thomas A. Kane, educator, priest, and psychotherapist, has written a very timely book which is of concern and value to every person wishing to grow in human happiness. It is Father Kane's deep concern for and knowledge of human behavior and development that enable him to bring a measure of simplicity and reassurance to those persons who feel inferior, lonely, or unhappy. --- from book's back cover