The Shepherd's Pie

The book describes a period in the author's life in which she gave herself up, trustingly, to two Christian pastors, who proceeded to control her life for their selfish motives and to inflict the wrath of their congregations on her in insidious ways. The book then proceeds to describe how she found her way out of this morass and went on to become a successful counselor and minister.

The book begins with the author contemplating suicide via handgun and then proceeds to describe her journey through depression and seeming madness at a mental health and recovery facility in South Carolina. Along the way, she describes many characters who were influential in her life--both positively and negatively. The book concludes with a description of her life and practice as it now is, and with a discussion of how negative events can shape a person positively if these events are looked at with an eye toward self growth.

Bridgettte Williams holds a Masteer's degree in counseling and a PhD. in pastoral counseling. She is a licensed substance abuse counselor and holds a Substance Abuse Professional license with NAADAC and the Virginia Dept. of Transportation. She has been a counselor to thousands for more than 25 years and developed her current practice after her brother suffered his death via a heroin overdose. She knows first-hand the problems that mental health illness can present to both an individual and to an individual's family and network of friends.