Pam Hurley

I find Dr. Graves to be courageous in his radical acceptance and insight about what has shaped his humanness. The book reads like a sensitively written score of music, elegantly portraying the alternating rhythms and tones of a complex life throughout developmental stages. I appreciate how Dr. Graves risks disclosing awareness of his own personal suffering and how integrating it served to promote empathy and healing with his patients. The book is written with such personal ownership, clarity, and warmth that reading it creates a feeling of safety that invites venturing into one's own darkness. What an exemplary book on how a physician must heal thy self!