As the President of Retina International, an intemational organization, representing over 36 countries, deeply committed to the mission of finding a cure to retinal degenrative diseases, helping people with vision loss in any way possible as well as a professional social worker I am delighted to recommend Brian J. Hubbard's book FROM EMPTINESS TO EMPOWERMENT: CHANGING PHYSICAL AND OTHER LOSSES INTO STRENGTHS.
I enthusiastically listened to the book and excitedly found it to be a most insightful and extremely helpful book not just for disabled people, but for anyone who has experienced any type of loss, and that includes anyone since everyone has been through a loss. Whether it be from getting older or passing through a life stage or whether it be from a sudden unpredictable loss, such as loss of a loved one or a loss of a job, we all have had to face the challenge of grieving, and this can be a .make it or break it"time of our life.
Brian Hubbard's book is very helpful since it not only explains what losses are all about from an psychological and social perspective, but, more importantly, it provides a clear step by step instructional approach to face these inevitable emotionally wrenching times of all of our lives and turn it into positive opportunity to truly become all we can be, since loss represents a crisis or tuming point, one very much for the positive.
With his twenty five years of experience as a clinical social worker with a very successful family counseling practice specializing in losses as well as well known speaker and lecturer, he is obviously well qualified to write such a profoundly helpful book. It certainly helped me in dealing with my own sight loss. I recommend it highly to anyone, regardless of their challenges.
Christina Fasser, President
Retinal International
Switzerland
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