Beth Hedva
Dr. Beth Hedva, Author, Teacher and Healer, Dr. Hedva held core faculty appointments in Antioch University’s Department of Clinical Psychology, and John F. Kennedy University’s prestigious Department of Consciousness Studies in California. A past Director of the International Council of Psychologists, her award-winning Self-Help book, Betrayal, Trust and Forgiveness, became required reading at Columbia University in New York. Currently Co-Chair of the Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences, Dr. Beth Hedva was chosen to lead front line trauma recovery efforts in both of the two most deadly natural disasters of this century, and invited to present her strategies and the results of her program at a United Nations symposium in New York.
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Hedva shows how each of these challenges become a test of character and an opportunity to reorient ourselves toward more life-sustaining choices. Just as reaction patterns to injury is predictable, this work defines how the steps to healing also follow a distinct pattern of growth, consistent with the stages of growth in ancient and indigenous rites of passage, in which one confronts existential crisis and 'symbolic death' to awaken spiritual insight into the challenges one faces, which inspires a transition into Self-renewal or symbolic rebirth and a return to one's community. The book contains 9 chapters focusing on different betrayal wounds to motivate and guide the reader step-by-step through each stage of growth, going from retribution to reconciliation and forgiveness.
Hedva shows how each of these challenges become a test of character and an opportunity to reorient ourselves toward more life-sustaining choices. Just as reaction patterns to injury is predictable, this work defines how the steps to healing also follow a distinct pattern of growth, consistent with the stages of growth in ancient and indigenous rites of passage, in which one confronts existential crisis and 'symbolic death' to awaken spiritual insight into the challenges one faces, which inspires a transition into Self-renewal or symbolic rebirth and a return to one's community. The book contains 9 chapters focusing on different betrayal wounds to motivate and guide the reader step-by-step through each stage of growth, going from retribution to reconciliation and forgiveness.