Emotional Wound First Aid Kit (Paperback)

FIRST-AID KIT FOR EMOTIONAL INJURIES, WOUNDS OR PAINS.

Life is full of emotional struggles - some small, some big. And while you may be coping fairly well, it's easy to suppress feelings, hold anger or resentment in the wake of rejection, hurt, injustice or abuse - and open sores can have a really tight grip on your life.

Because the FIRST AID-KIT FOR EMOTIONS has been nonexistent most people don't know how to nurse their emotional wounds or develop optimal emotional health.

Wounds that don't heal can contaminate every aspect of your life. Open wounds affect how you view the world, how you relate to others and how you conduct your life in general.

In Emotional Wound First-Aid Kit, John Schurmann offers specific step-by-step treatments that are fast, simple, and effective. He defines the cause of emotional pain, wounds or injuries, and what you can do to repair, heal and maintain optimal health. Using real-life examples of transformed lives and drawing on 30 years of professional experience, Schurmann explains how to:

• Assess the severity of an emotional pain.
• Care for and nurse your emotional sores.
• Let go of the injustice, resentment, hurt.
• Protect and strengthen your emotions.
• Deepen and enrich your relationships, and feel closer to your loved ones,
• Forgive the person who hurt you.
• Love, trust and forgive yourself.
• Overcome negative self-talk.
• Communicate with assertiveness.
• Become a positive and happy person.
• Restore damaged relationships.
• Set healthy boundaries.
• Become your best friend,
• Love and enrich your relationship with God.

Furthermore, the kit provides the central self-care skills to help you develop a healthy, vibrant and resilient mind, heart and spirit. Moreover, it can be used to develop your own self-help program or as an adjunct to therapy.

How Are You Managing Your Emotional Wounds? Let's find out!

If more than one of these statements apply to you, there is reason to suspect that an emotional injury, wound or pain is present in your life.

• I often suppress my feelings.
• I choose to keep hurtful events a secret.
• I hold anger or resentment.
• I have trouble trusting people.
• I struggle to forgive people.
• I have trouble sharing my feelings.
• I feel guilt and/or shame.
• I struggle to let go of betrayal, loss or hurt.
• I self-medicate with alcohol, drugs, sex or work.
• I still grieve the loss after so many year.

Untreated emotional wounds can cause physical, mental, emotional and spiritual problems. They can set off mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety or addiction. They can wipe out relationships, add to job failures, obscure life's purpose or direction, and ultimately destroy life.

This workbook is full of stories of transformation. People who felt stuck, alone, in despair - finding the courage to face their emotional wounds, taking the risk to open up to their feelings, changing in ways they never imagined possible.

THE SAME CAN HAPPEN FOR YOU. If you are looking to restore and enhance your emotional, intellectual and spiritual health, this workbook will be an invaluable resource.

John Schurmann is the founder of Schurmann Counselling & Life Coaching. (www.coachme.ca)

He is a registered clinical social worker, individual, couple and family psychotherapist, ADD specialist and life coach. He has worked closely with individuals, couples, families, groups and organizations for more than twenty five years.

John holds three degrees including a master’s degree in clinical social work from Wilfrid Laurier University. He has extensive training in specialized areas of counselling: marital and family therapy, mental health issues, child and adult ADD, psychiatry, spirituality, sexuality, family violence and alcohol/drug abuse.

His passion for emotional wound care started while writing his thesis; Inner Healing: Freedom from Memories of the Past (1990) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

Since his university years, John’s passion in emotional health and wellness continued to evolve in his counselling practice. Not only has he helped to turn individuals, relationships and families around—equipping them with the skills and ability to make their lives healthier, he is an inspired instrument helping people heal their emotional wounds.

It is said about John Schurmann; “You are outstanding in helping me heal my emotional wounds, giving me new skills to handle my life events, giving me new hope, a new outlook and a sense of adventure. John got me back on track, helped me improve- my emotional and spiritual life, marriage, relationship, work situation and believed in me in resolving my life issues.”

John has a full time counselling practice in Markham, Ontario, Canada. He is married to Rita and enjoys spending time with his family - Matthew and Daniel. He loves to learn, travel, ski, spend time with his extended family and friends, and loves his relationship with God.