- Book Topics
- EMDR
- Recovery
- PTSD
- Trauma
Every Moment of a Fall
Carol E. Miller was sixteen when the private plane piloted by her father crashed, pinning her in the wreckage, critically injuring her parents and killing her twelve-year-old sister. Compounding this traumatic event, her father told her he wished she had died instead of her sister. For the next twenty years, she labored under feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth. When another in a long line of personal crises landed her in therapy with an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) practitioner, she began at last to investigate the crippling effects of the plane crash. Using bi-lateral stimulation to access her fiercely guarded memories, she learned to challenge the belief that the crash was all her fault, and that she didn’t deserve to be alive.
This is a brave and revealing memoir of recovery from tragedy, and a fascinating, vividly narrated exploration of the increasingly popular eye-movement therapy developed to heal the wounds trauma leaves in its wake.
Links to Reviews
Carol E. Miller Author/Speaker/Alive
Carol E. Miller And Andy Weisskoff In Conversation About EMDR Therapy
Carol E. Miller reading from Every Moment of a Fall at Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
- Book Topics
- EMDR
- Recovery
- PTSD
- Trauma
Reviews and Comments
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A primer on the impact of life-threatening trauma as well as the healing power of EMDR. Both author and reader emerge from the story grateful for grace.
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Every Moment of a Fall is engaging as a Mary Karr memoir, with trauma material that resonates as powerfully as Tim O’Brien’s work. The book has potential to bring real hope for recovery to those who may be hesitant to seek treatment.
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Every Moment of a Fall is a frank, open-hearted account of a woman’s struggle with the trauma and disappointment that will ultimately transform her. Miller writes with a poet’s exactness and imagery about childhood, religion, love, and friendship. Every M
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Miller’s book is a pioneer in conveying the patient’s point of view in EMDR treatment. Her story is timely as more than a decade of research on trauma is now manifesting in a push toward trauma-informed care in most medical, mental health and substance mi
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Riveting, compelling, sad, joyous. I read it between clients in two days. I could not put it down.
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Most representations of therapists or therapy in art are painfully cringe-making. This is the most accurate description of the therapeutic process that I’ve seen… And what a great story of the liberation of the human spirit! I will definitely recommend
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Every Moment Of A Fall is one of the most exquisite memoirs I have ever read. Carol Miller’s prose crackles with bravery, honesty, and intelligence as she deftly recounts the tragic accident and complex childhood that left her struggling to simply