Growing a Passionate Heart provides a practical guide for counselors and clients to develop an effective healing process for those who deal with problems resulting from childhood sexual abuse. With sensitivity and clear language, Wendy will help you face the trauma of the experience. Through her voice, you will understand how sexual abuse harms the victim’s body, emotions, thinking, relationships, and spirit. Nancy has written a Counselor’s Corner for each chapter that includes encouragement, a tip, and a prayer. You will also hear hope as the same voices—joined by the voice of Jesus, the Redeemer and Healer—describe what healing looks like. I have been blessed to witness the life-changing results of both Wendy’s lay counseling groups and Nancy’s groups and individual clients as they work through this workbook. This book directs us towards God's best—a purposeful, powerful path to love and healing.
-Carol Hendrix, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Wendy J. Mahill is a member of AACC, a lay counselor at RiverLakes Community Church in Bakersfield, California, and director of the Passionate Heart Ministry. She’s written three other books: Growing a Courageous Heart for women struggling with disordered eating, Embracing a Feeling Heart for people struggling to understand the role emotions in their lives, and Loving from a Pure Heart (with Nancy Keller) for people struggling with dysfunctional relationships. For more information visit: www.passionateheartministry.com.
Nancy Keller has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice since 2001. She resides in Bakersfield, California and has a passion to help people become emotionally healthy, She works with people suffering from childhood sexual victimization, depression, anxiety, loss, relationship issues, and those whose spouses struggle with sexual addiction. She leads L.I.F.E. Groups for women whose husbands struggle with sexual addictions and/or infidelity. Nancy trains and equips leaders of Passionate Heart Ministry and enjoys sharing her own personal journey overcoming the effects of sexual abuse.