Unveiling the Truth: Transforming Childhood Trauma - Paperback

Married to a loving husband and mothering two precocious children, Laurie was living a typical middle-class life in California when repressed childhood memories turned her life upside down.

In Unveiling the Truth: Transforming Childhood Trauma, Laurie uncovers family secrets and describes her journey confronting what happened to her so she can heal and experience joy and happiness again.

Prior to the resurfacing memories, Laurie remembered her childhood fondly, growing up in a loving but dysfunctional family. Her parents were doting, socially and politically active, and intellectual. Laurie takes the reader through her journey to unveil the truth of her childhood which begins with recalling memories of her father's sexual abuse. Through the process, additional secrets are revealed in her mother's newly discovered memoir about her father's unsavory behavior.

Laurie reflects upon her complex relationship with her parents, highlighting her father's overpowering presence and her mother's emotional distance. Laurie learns that the events she experienced were part of an intergenerational trauma stemming from a family history of mental illness. As she learns the truth of her past, Laurie focuses on her emotional recovery work that has inspired a rich, passionate and joyful life.