Every 10th Starfish

How does a psychotherapist raise an abused, headstrong, 15-year-old foster child in a family of five? You will see what many foster families go through in order to heal the physical and mental damage in this remarkably revealing story. "This book will open the readers' minds and hearts to the kind of strength and love that is required to be a foster family and enable the 10th starfish to survive." -Julie M. Wilgen, Ph.D., Dept of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Delaware "It is awesome and inspiring...to witness the compassion, dedication and gentle love that Sandy Knauer relies on to begin to heal the foster children and the flawed, inadequate system that currently is their only support." -Patricia G. Dice, M.F.T., Structural Family Therapist "Being an adopted child myself, I can totally relate to the ups and downs in Annie's life and the feelings that go along with it. Also, being a parent to an adopted child, I have seen how far love, patience and guidance can take a child." -Cindy Dionisi, Middletown Counseling, Secretary " Sandy] is an excellent therapist and is especially effective with sexually abused adolescents...it is through reading this book that I have come to know how truly exceptional she is as a person." -Leta Cooper, LCSW Sandra Knauer, LCSW, is a psychotherapist who has helped countless victims of child abuse throughout her career. She is the owner of Middletown Counseling in Middletown, Delaware, and currently lives with her family in nearby Townsend. Publisher's website: www.eloquentbooks.com/Every10thStarfish.htm