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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Vertical Moments: How a Traumatized Child Became a Trauma Therapist: A Memoir of the Hands That Reached Out to Me

Vertical Moments: How a Traumatized Child Became a Trauma Therapist: A Memoir of the Hands That Reached Out to Me

Stell, Kathleen
Stell, Jack

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Biographies GeneralMental Health

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ISBN13: 9798234200389
Publisher: Jack and Kathleen Stell
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

For clinicians, this memoir offers a powerful reminder of why our work matters and how deeply it can change a life... For survivors, it offers validation, hope, and the reassurance that healing is not linear, not perfect, and not out of reach.
Tracy Ryan Kidd, LCSW, from the Foreword

You shouldn't be alive. That's what a doctor told Jack Stell after reading his medical file - and he wasn't wrong. Vertical Moments is the true story of how a traumatized child survived abuse, electroshock treatments, and the long shadow of complex PTSD to become a trauma therapist who helps others heal.

A powerful memoir of childhood trauma, resilience, and the healing journey that transformed a survivor into a healer. In Vertical Moments, Jack Stell shares an unforgettable account of survival, recovery, and the small acts of kindness that helped him rise from a childhood shaped by instability, fear, and profound abuse.

From the chaos of his early years to the shock treatments that nearly erased him, Jack learned to survive by noticing the brief, vertical moments when someone reached out and held him up. Those moments became the map he followed into adulthood, military service, and eventually the long, winding path toward becoming a therapist for others living with PTSD and C-PTSD.

Told with clarity, heart, and unflinching honesty, Vertical Moments is both a survival memoir and a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Readers who have lived through trauma - and the clinicians who support them - will find hope, validation, and deep recognition in these pages.

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