ABSTRACT
I am always interested in how individuals emerge from crises and ordeals. Some allow themselves to be humanized and ennobled by these experiences, and the result is that they respond to those who are struggling with deepened empathy and an expanded tolerance for the sometimes problematic behaviors that accompany these struggles. That is generally the case when it comes to those of us who enter the helping professions—we have all been scarred by life events in one form or another, but we strive to trans-mute those scars in a way that prompts us to sponsor recovery and healing on the part of others.
