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Catherine McCall

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Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

Website

http://www.catherinemccall.net

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Memoir, Psychology, Spirituality

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I have been influenced by way too many authors to be able to list them ...more

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Catherine McCall is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 30 years of clinical and community education experience. She is a Clinical Fellow in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a member of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, and a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Rape and Incest National Network (RAINN). She is also a regular blogger for PSYCHOLOGY TODAY MAGAZINE, and a member of the Atlanta Writers Club. She and her husband live in a suburb of Atlanta, have reared four daughters and now enjoy eight grandchildren.

As an author, Catherine's intentions have been to raise awareness about issues relevant to child abuse prevention and healing, the effects of PTSD on marriage & family life, and cur ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 437 ratings · 24 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Never Tell: A True Story of Overcoming a Terrifying Childhood 4.09 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Piano Stops: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse 4.05 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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If George Will Were Your Father: Other Reasons Not to Tell

Need to talk about your experience of having been sexually abused? Even if George Will were your beloved father, he might not be the best person for you to talk to. What qualities do you need in a personal relationship in order to be able to trust a person with your secret?

Catherine’s Quotes

“The best mind altering drug is the truth.”
― Lily tomlin

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“We carry our wounds and perhaps even worse, our capacity to wound, forward with us. If we learn not only to tell our stories but to listen to what our stories tell us ... we are doing the work of memory.”
― Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory

tags: memory, patricia-hampl, stories, wounds

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“The experience of speaking from the heart and being taken seriously builds the psychic architecture that supports the capacity to bear life.”
― Nancy McWilliams PhD

tags: psychic-architecture, speaking-from-the-heart

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Jun 25, 2014 08:18PM

The Kindle version of Never Tell: a True Story of Overcoming a Terrifying Childhood by Catherine McCall is on sale this week for $1.99 at www.amazon.com

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