Author. Speaker. Artist. Healer.
Songs for the Forgotten offers a strong practical component also, providing information about trauma and healing. Dr. Burns illustrates how hope and wholeness can come from remembrance and telling. By incorporating healing prayer into her work with patients, she began to see dramatic results with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Trauma. You'll be inspired and renewed…
SURELY WE ARE REMINDED THAT DURING THIS SEASON OF DARKNESS, WE ARE APPROACHING A SEASON OF LIGHT. THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF THE CHRIST CHILD REMINDS US THAT FORGIVENESS AND LOVE ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT MATTER. HALLELUJAH! CHRIST IS BORN, CRUCIFIED AND RISEN. LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT! LOVE DR. B Time…
I have many, many blessings to be grateful for even though I lost my husband a few weeks ago. He is with me still and I depend on him. He was also with me in 1998 when I began writing the songs that my pediatric patients sang. Even though he never fully understood the suffering…
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FOREWORD The man who cries out against evil men but does not pray for themwill never know the grace of God.—Saint Silouan the Athonite In 1874, nine-year-old Mary Ellen Wilson was living in Hell’s Kitchen, the underbelly of New City, where she was beat- en, neglected, and frequently chained to her bed. A religious mis-…
Here’s another old saying that deserves a second look: ‘Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’Is that going to get us anywhere? Here’s what I propose: ‘Don’t hit back at all.’—Matthew 5:38-28 Henry was fifteen and a half when he was seen on a Person in Need of Supervision (PINS) petition because of his academic failure,…
It's not how I imagined how my first book reading would go but it was more special than I could have ever hoped. Faith Connections sponsored a virtual event and I got to reach many Christian providers. Great discussion! Wally Turnbull, my publisher attended and encouraged participants to purchase the book and learn more about…
PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW! SONGS FOR THE FORGOTTEN ON AMAZON AND B&N Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in my upcoming memoir, Songs for the Forgotten: A Psychiatrist’s Record. We have a publication date! Mark your calendars for October 25 and join me in remembering the stories of those struggling through trauma and healing,…
In Songs for the Forgotten: A Psychiatrist’s Record, I take you into the world of White Pines, a three hundred child welfare agency, where we will listen to patient’s stories of trauma and by listening and believing, create healing and wholeness. I weave my own story in with those of my patients, showing how I…