Category: <span>Redemption of the Shattered Reviews</span>

“Redemption of the Shattered touches not only on the difficult passage of adolescence, but also the further complicated passage of adolescent grief. Mr. Livingstone utilizes personal story, myth, and sandtray techniques to help the therapist and the client begin to make meaning out of one of life’s most shattering and incomprehensible events — the death...

“This book is recommended to those very insightful adolescents who may be dealing with loss, as well as to professionals and educators. The strength of Redemption of the Shattered: A Teenager’s Healing Journey Through Sandtray Therapy, by Bob Livingstone LCSW, lies in the willingness and openness of the author to document his very personal experiences...

“Bob Livingstone shares the tough parts of his life with the world. It takes a strong person to open up, and say, “This happened to me, and here’s how I received healing.” He knows how life can be dangerously cyclical, especially within families. “Redemption of the Shattered” shows how Sandtray therapy helped to mend the...

“Livingstone presents his travels through his despair and emergence clearly and concisely. With each chapter he shows a picture of the tray he created, the story that went with it, the figures he used, and the meaning behind the story, allowing a rare insight into the helping and healing process that few outside of physician’s...

“I enjoyed REDEMPTION immensely. What makes this book a worthy resource is that is a personal story, one in which the past, the problematic and the troublesome are acknowledged, faced and conquered. Livingstone revisits the initial trauma of his youth and asks thought provoking questions about what has shaped him and why. Humanly, he struggles...

“Bob Livingstone offers the reader very personal and powerful account of his story of bereavement. His journey reflects the complexity and multi-layered aspects of a central concern of the human condition, grief. Bob’s struggle is our struggle, the search for meaning, integration, and resolution of loss in our lives. Bob teaches us the importance of...