The Invisible Wound

About the Book

… A nonfiction retrospective of Vignettes from the author’s personal experience of the Strum and Drang of Living with the Invisible wound of mental illness. … Contains vivid images of the bizarre and sometimes cruel world of patient life behind the walls of a State hospital in the 1960’s. … Told with heart and humor, it reveals an odyssey from the night mare of rape, electro-convulsive shock treatment and stigmatization to the fulfilled dream of becoming a mental health care professional. … Presents a plea for greater hope and understanding along with a protest against electro-convulsive shock treatment, still routine – albeit more humane now – in many hospitals

About the Author

Ms. Bock is a Marriage and Family Therapist, Expressive Arts Specialist, with M.A. in Clinical Psychology from J.F. Kennedy University in Orinda, and B.A. in English from University of California at Berkeley, and an International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Member, a published children’s magazine editor, poet and lyricist. A native New Yorker, Ms. Bock has lived most of her years in California, and now resides in Washington State. This is her sixth book.