by Sally A. Raymond
Delfinas Publishing
Trade Paperback
From the author's website:
Jon’s suicide put this new psychotherapist on a mission–to find out what she had obviously missed that took her good, incredible son to suicide. By first digging for the truth of Jon’s life, she eventually generated over ninety stories that he might have ended by saying, “and then I killed myself.” Then, by sequencing these compelling stories developmentally as defined by the late Dr. Erik Erikson’s analysis, Sally could better understand her son’s internal experience as to how one after another, like dominos, they toppled him into suicide. Though Erikson’s model illuminated Jon’s spiral down to suicide, those same insights used by those alive now could illuminate exactly how to more reliably shepherd our children, one another, and ourselves on to continued growth, maturation, resilience and fulfillment.
This book can give parents and readers everywhere new, more conscious tools for helping kids navigate the sometime rough current of life. In this way, Jon’s life is not over. He remains a teacher, not a tragedy. And, Erikson’s life and insights can live on, making what was unconscious conscious in ways that benefit every child born forever. Understanding what we innocently missed at each stage of development can help children and adults alike experience greater life wholeness, joy and fulfillment.
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