An unhappy childhood often affects who we become in adulthood and our capacity to enjoy whatever successes we achieve. In Healing of a Psychotherapist: A Journey of Rebellion, Reflection, and Redemption, Charles McCormack, MA, MSW, LCSW-C, an award-winning psychotherapist, uses his own life in illustration. With searing honesty, McCormack lays bare his personal and professional ordeals, growing up in a military family, family conflicts, dysfunctional family relationships, dealing with abandonment and the resulting grief and mourning, mental illness, marriage, and divorce, anxiety, and depression, along with the lessons he's drawn and continues to draw. Though his story is unique, his struggles are not; thus, McCormack's narrative works its way into the heart of each of us. His take home, the one given to him by his mother on her deathbed, is clear. Staring into his eyes, she was emphatic: "Charlie. Have a good life. Have a good life.," refusing to break her hold upon him until he finally committed, "I will, Mom, I will," all the while thinking, "how the hell can I do that?" McCormack hopes that sharing his story through this book brings his readers insight and healing.