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By: Andre Auw
Price $ $13.95 - ISBN 0-944031-18-8
"I love Andre Auw's ideas. They contain a great deal of wisdom, wisdom gained from experience."
--Carl Rogers, Ph.D.
"Andre Auw's writing captures the spirit of Carl Rogers' approach to people, of respect and caring."
--Virginia Satir, Ph.D., Originator of Family Therapy
Gentle Road to Survival is one of those rare books that goes to the very heart of life. Simple yet poignant, it speaks to anyone who has ever heard the cry of another human being in pain and wanted to help. It is written for friends, lovers, parents, children, ministers, therapists, and partners---anyone who has ever needed self-healing or offered solace to another person.
Psychologist Andre Auw calls people who learn to prevail over life's challenges survivors. While some are born survivors, for most of us survival is a skill that must be learned. Using dozens of case histories, poems, and allegories, Auw identifies the lessons all survivors know: characteristics that distinguish people who give up hope from those who find inspiration and encouragement to carry on.
Auw draws on the wisdom of a thirty-year career counseling people in many tough spots: religious and moral crises, agonizing parenting and marriage breakups, the pain of cross-cultural adaptation, and so on. Auw gives pointers for us each to discover our own unique path to self-healing, rather than relying on the advice or techniques of others.
Written with power and passion, this enriching book will move you to tears and sometimes laughter, as it speaks of the simple lessons that allow us to be victorious in the midst of life's challenges.
"Andre has discovered, and beautifully unfolded, the essence of human-to-human relationships."
--Dorothy Ungerlieder, M.A., C.E.T., Founding President, Assoc. of Educations Therapists
