Healing Deepest Hurts (Paperback)

Is it possible to approach the deepest hurts of life through spiritual guidance that does not retraumatize those who are already suffering? In Healing Deepest Hurts, Karen Bartlett delivers a resounding Yes! to this question. With compassion, a thorough understanding and accessible application of neuroscience, and the wisdom of trauma-sensitive spiritual guidance, the author offers readers invaluable insights and practical steps for beginning the process of healing their most painful wounds. I highly recommend this book for those who struggle to believe they are beloved by God. The author avoids platitudes and the spiritualization of pain while enabling the reader to understand the impact of trauma. Her honesty and perspectives on church practices and views of God that either help the wounded heal or cause more harm provide a deep breath of life-giving hope for those, like myself, who believe that spirituality matters.

Karen Bartlett’s poignant, hope-filled book Healing Deepest Hurts draws on her nearly four decades of work as a social worker and spiritual director to expertly guide us through the maze that is the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of healing. This is a book that you’ll return to again and again.

Healing Deepest Hurts is the resource our faith communities need! Bartlett’s masterful blend of biblical truth, principles of neuropsychology and social work as well as exercises of imagination has the potential to move individuals toward greater healing and wholeness.