Loving Someone with a Mental Illness or History of Trauma

Mental illness is a family thing! All too often we fail to recognize the impact it has on family members. Not anymore! In this groundbreaking, thoughtful, and compassionate book, the authors do a masterful job in detailing the impact mental illness has on the family and offering concrete steps family members can immediately implement.

This is the essential guide for family members of those with mental illness or trauma...reading it is like sitting in the warm and comforting office of Dr. Michelle Sherman, one of the nation's most trailblazing researchers and therapists in the area of family members of those with mental illness.

Eminently practical, deeply empathic, and filled with vivid examples, this book emphasizes self-compassion, clear steps, and evidence-based approaches to caring for a loved one experiencing mental disorder or trauma. A 'go-to' for core information on overcoming stigma, finding providers, achieving balance, and walking that fine line between involvement vs. overinvolvement. Five stars!

This is a remarkable volume. The words jump off the page and generate thoughts and ideas and emotions that are informative and healing. It is clear, concise and actionable. As a family member and clinician, I resonate with the factual material presented and with the questions it asks us to ask ourselves.

A remarkable book that I wish I'd been able to read when our son was first diagnosed. Intensely readable, it arms family members and friends with essential practical information. Best of all, it gives families like mine hope and strength by offering ways to cope on our lifelong and difficult journey.