Background
Gravitz, Herbert L. was born on August 18, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Phillip Benjamin and Sophie Gravitz.
(The dedications at the front of Herb Gravitz's book, Ment...)
The dedications at the front of Herb Gravitz's book, Mental Illness and the Family: To the families of those under the influence of serious mental illness, addiction, and other traumas. because injury begets injury, this triple threat often strikes the same family. May this book acknowledge your plight, may it lighten your burden, and may it provide the meaning, knowledge, and skills that will lead you to triumph over life's most painful adversities. Dr. Gravitz succeeds in all of the above and, in so doing, knocks on the doors of convention challenging a basic assumption regarding the care of persons with mental illness... an assumption that prohibits the use of "Triumph" and mental illness in the same conversation. The book is soundly rooted in three decades of professional experience and gracefully supported by ancient texts and contemporary sages, classical mythology, neuroscience and the latest in quantum physics. In addition to outlining clear stages and strategies for families, Gravitz compassionately describes the family "under the influence" of mental illness as holding both the overlooked suffering and an essential key to unlock the doors to a realistic way of responding to one of life's great adversities. Gravitz states, "severe mental illness does not end life, it redirects it." And being redirected by mental illness, families are repeatedly thrown into chaos. In the uncharted territory, Dr. Gravitz is uniquely qualified to offer himself as guide. His resume in the field of mental health/mental illness is pages long and vast enough for several lifetimes. But more importantly is his ability to be with people, to listen and translate the complex and confusing into the understandable and doable.
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(Rich with insight and awareness, Recovery explores the se...)
Rich with insight and awareness, Recovery explores the secrets, fears, hopes and issues that confront adult children of alcoholics. Authors and widely respected therapists and ACOA workshop leaders Herbert Gravitz and Julie Bowden detail in a clear question-and-answer format the challenges of control and inadequacy that ACOAs face as they struggle for recovery and understanding, stage-by-stage: Survival * Emergent Awareness * Core Issues * Transformations * Integration * Genesis. If you feel troubled by your post, Recovery will start you on the path of self-awareness, as it explores the searching questions adult children of alcoholics seek to hove answered: * How con I overcome my need for control? * Do all ACOAs ploy the some kind of roles in the family? * How do I overcome my fear of intimacy? * What is all-or-none functioning? * How can ACOAs maintain self-confidence and awareness after recovery? * How do ACOAs handle the family after understanding its influence? * And many other important questions about your post, family and feelings. Written with warmth, joy and real understanding, Recovery will inspire you to meet the challenges of the post and overcome the obstacles to your happiness.
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Gravitz, Herbert L. was born on August 18, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Phillip Benjamin and Sophie Gravitz.
Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, 1964. Master of Arts, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1969.
Assistant director Counseling Center, University California, Santa Barbara, 1972—1979, counseling program director, 1979-1980, coordinator training, 1980-1981. Consultant psychologist Psychiatric Emergency Team, 1980-1981, Sanctuary House, Inc., Santa Barbara, 1980-1982. Core faculty Suzanne Somers Institute, Palm Springs, California, 1989—1993.
Private practice Santa Barbara, since 1979. Assistant professor psychology University Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1969-1972.
(The dedications at the front of Herb Gravitz's book, Ment...)
(Rich with insight and awareness, Recovery explores the se...)
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(Book by Gravitz, Herbert L.)
(Book by Gravitz, Herbert L.)
(annotated edition)
Fellow American Academy Experts in Traumatic Stress. Member California State Psychological Association.
Married Leslie Ann Gravitz. Children: Brian Eric, Aaron David, Jason Michael.