Women Who Hurt Themselves: A Book of Hope and Understanding

I think this book is a must read for anyone who is treating or in a relationship with a women her engages in risky behaviors or self-mutilation. It puts the I don't understand into, ok I get it a bit. I don't think it is an end all book since the trauma and abuse often goes deeper than this book does. I do however reccomend it as a starting point to other more triggering books. I think this book along with being a must read is also a must keep for referral for yourself and family and to give to people who want to understand better the journey of these tortured women.

THIS BOOK HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND MY BEST FRIEND A WHOLE LOT BETTER, I WOULD RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL DOCTORS AND CHURCH MINISTERS AND CHURCH PASTORS AS AN EXCELENT HELP IN UNDERSTANDING WOMEN WHO SUFFER IN THESE AREAS ONCE I STARTED TO READ THIS BOOK I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN.EASY TO READ EASY TO UNDERSTAND, SIMPLY THE BEST I HAVE READ IN THIS FIELD.

At last...there is hope of recovery. After reading many other books on the subject of self-harm, a lot of them containing helpful information, I still despaired of getting well. When I came across Dusty Miller's book, I was amazed at the depth of insight into self-injurious behavior it contained. I feel like shouting to the world that SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS. The book addresses a problem shrouded in mystery even to the woman herself, but I believe that the author has found the key. It is not my custom to write reviews even though I devour books of all subjects; however, I had to encourage other women to get this book. It is a roadmap of hope and understanding leading to recovery.

Dusty Miller is an author and therapist whose gentle spirit and powerul voice are providing a generation of women survivors with a safe and protective presence in their therapy and recovery. This book serves as a role model for clinicians trying to help clients on their sojourn from pain and hurt to truth and healing. Miller provides us the courage we need as therapists to engage in "cutting conversations"--ones which our clients will greatly benefit from and be extreamly grateful for. --Jonathan Diamond Ph.D. author Narrative Means to Sober Ends: Treating Addiction And Its Aftermath; private practice, Northampton and Greenfield MA.

A new perspective on why women with eating disorders, compulsions, obsessions, and self abuse disorders act out in self-harmful ways. In order to understand these women, it is necessary, says the author, to understand TRS, or Trauma Reenactment Syndrome. All of the women in this book were subconsciously reenacting experienced trauma in childhood. Once made to comprehend that, the women were given a "program" of sorts to help them find their way out of the ever progressive syndrome of self abuse. This book made me look at this syndrome with new eyes and a clearer understanding of the courage the women she writes about have. This book will provide assistance for the many women out there who live with the shame of their obsessions, and will provide hope for a brighter tomorrow. Dusty Miller writes to the average reader, as well as to therapists and other professionals. The book is easy to understand and hard to put down.