PUBLICATIONS

Life-long Effects of Child Sexual Trauma - In Drawings Paperback:$12.50 by ABPP, Viola B. Mecke Ph.D. Order at Amazon.com

Seldom have the long-term effects of sexual or other trauma been traced throughout the life of a traumatized person. This book presents the drawings of a sexually abused child, with pictures the child drew before the abuse and afterwards. A follow-up at age 45 is included. The drawings show the horror following the abuse and the gradual recovery of childhood. The defenses that developed following the trauma show the desperate, often maladaptive attempts to readjust. The drawings suggest that to a certain extend children can recover and resume an apparently normal life. However, effects linger throughout their lifetime, affecting their personality and everyday behaviors.

Aging Wisely Facing Emotional Challenges from 50 to 85+ Years Xlibris Telephone: 1-885-795-4274 Order online at www.xlibris.com Hard back: $29.99 Paper back: $19.99

Books 

Aging Wisely. Facing Emotional Challenges from 50 to 85+ Years. (2013)
Xlibris Publications.
          Amazon Review  by Karen Randall
          Review in Santa Barbara's February 28, 2014 issue of CASA Magazine

Fatal Attachments: The Instigation to Suicide. (2004) Westport, CT and London: Praeger Publications.
         Amazon Review  "Suicide or was it murder?"

"The Will to Die" in Mental Disorders of the New Millennium". Vol I, pp. 167-189
Edited by Thomas G. Plange. Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Perspectives.

Articles

            PsycCRITIQUES: 16 articles. Reviews of professional books from 2002 – 2010.

            CASA Magazine:  Santa Barbara, California  (2011-2014)
"Face the Emotional Challenges of Aging"
"Are Your Emotions Growing Older?"
"Face the Emotional Challenge of Growing Older: Fear"
"Face the Emotional Challenge of Growing Older: Attachment and Loss"
"Face the Emotional Challenge of Growing Older: Coping and Control"
"Face the Emotional Challenge of Growing Older: Life Satisfaction"
"Not Home for the Holidays"