Stories of our Fathers

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My healing journey with my father is by no means complete. Rather, I am at a point where I am much more available now for relationship with my father. I have done much work with counsellors/therapists and in self-help groups re this, yet now is a time in which for me to

move my relationship with my father and my healing journey to the next level, I need more direct conversations with him, sharing with him what has been important in my past with him. I think I am in a maturation phase in this past year with a deeper sense of responsibility and stepping out of victimhood. There is a heroic nature to that to for me. I am still learning to step into that heroic full claiming of my life. Claiming my life potential and taking more responsibility for that. I will not buy into the past imposing limitations. I feel that I have a forward momentum that growth is very possible and I am making that happen. I feel that is heroic. As I talk about this now I see there is a cyclical nature and times of heroic phases and stumbling times. Now I am in a heroic time. I am really proud as I see myself maturing. I am breaking through old stories that were limiting and that is not an easy thing but I have broken through. It is easier to believe that I am totally limited by my past so there is some level of courage to step out and make changes. I have a lot of hope for myself and feel a sense of maturation, heroism and courage. This where the story is right now? There is some new hope and opening for something new for the son and his father. I am in a place where I am ready for a new phase in my relationship with my father and that is


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Appendix A: Informed Consent Form

3min
pages 185-186

The Experience of the Researcher

4min
pages 163-165

The Worth of the Study

4min
pages 158-160

Summary The Limitations of the Study157

3min
pages 156-157

Implications for Treatment

11min
pages 149-155

An Intersection of Trauma for Men

1min
page 148

Masculine Gender Role Trauma

5min
pages 145-147

Developmental Trauma

3min
pages 143-144

Transformation of Masculine Identity

8min
pages 136-140

Process of Recovery Pattern 2: Preparation to Enter the Process of Recovery

1min
page 129

Transformation of the Self

3min
pages 134-135

Process of Recovery Pattern 4: Facilitation of Emotional Expression While Processing Memories of the Injury

3min
pages 131-132

Process of Recovery Pattern 5: Developing Internal and Relationship Skills for Daily Living Process of Recovery Pattern 6: Transformation of the Self and Masculine Identity 134

2min
page 133

Process of Recovery Pattern 3: The Qualities of the Therapeutic Relationship

1min
page 130

Masculine Identity Confusion

3min
pages 127-128

Violent and Frightening Actions

1min
page 125

Crossed Narrative Analysis

1min
page 122

The Process of Recovery

1min
page 121

The Process of Recovery

11min
pages 85-91

The Process of Recovery

12min
pages 101-107

The Process of Recovery

8min
pages 94-98

The Process of Recovery

6min
pages 112-115

Research Question

1min
page 3

The Injury

3min
pages 74-75

The Researcher in the Research

3min
pages 4-6
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