Catherine Ada Campbell
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MOVING BEYOND COMPLEX TRAUMA
Catherine Ada Campbell
What if you got a phone call at the age of 34 and found out your childhood memories were false?
A memoir of resilience, perseverance and hope.
true. asks a fundamental question: how do we know our true self?
Available August 19, 2024 on Amazon.com and
in fine bookstores everywhere.
Published by Perthshire Books.
Since I was a small child, I struggled from early trauma -- I just didn't know there was a name for it. I had obsessive-compulsive disorder well into my adulthood, rocking and counting and rhyming incessantly. I used maladaptive behaviors to cope with the turmoil inside, like dissociation, codependency, workaholism, relationship addiction, and self-mutilation. Depression was a black undertow, sucking me down every. minute. of. every. day. I was anxious and fearful.
That describes only some of my symptoms of mental illness and response to complex trauma.
Forward 60+ years later, through several types of therapies, medications, research, education, self-help groups and more, and my experience and strength is shared in this book.
-Catherine Ada Campbell
Early Reviews
true. is captivating and compelling from the start. Catherine Ada Campbell shares her personal story which is sad and tragic, and at the same time totally inspiring. It is beautifully written, and novel in how it is written. With vulnerability and bravery she offers a powerful understanding of the impact of trauma and the journey of finding her own truth.
Claudia Black, PhD.
Author of It Will Never Happen to Me, Unspoken Legacy, Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets
true. masterfully makes you question who you are and what you believe.
Dr. R. Y. Langham, Author and Psychologist
Viewing her long, arduous process of healing as sacred, Catherine Ada Campbell’s fidelity to truth and healing glistens throughout this comprehensive memoir.
Catherine McCall, author of Never Tell: The True Story of Overcoming a Terrifying Childhood and contributing writer for Psychology Today Magazine
Biography
Catherine Ada Campbell is the author of true. Moving Beyond Complex Trauma. From her earliest childhood, she struggled with abuse, homelessness, abandonment, and mental illness, not knowing that the childhood she remembered was false. A single mom by the time she was 20, she sought wholeness through 45+ years of traditional and experiential therapies, research, education, medication, and self-help groups. A writer and former broadcaster, she lives in a small town near the Cascade mountains in Washington state with her husband, and a multitude of visiting wildlife.
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