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Dr. Heyward Ewart ( Rev. Fr.) has devoted nearly 30 years of his professional life to the protection and treatment of women, children, and the family. During the President Jimmy Carter Administration, he served the White House Conference on Families, and such leadership continues to this day.
He is not only a veteran clinician in the mental-health field but also a distinguished academic. As President of St. James the Elder Theological Seminary, he provides hands-on supervision of students in the doctoral-level counseling program. He also serves as Academic Dean of this distance-learning institution, which is open to all denominations.
A Diplomate of the American College of Forensic Examiners, he has served as an expert trial witness in several states. He has also conducted continuing education at the University of North Florida and University Hospital of Jacksonville, FL.
A much sought-after public speaker, Dr. Ewart is a commanding presenter who speaks with great passion on the issues of abused women and children. He has hosted and appeared as a guest on many TV and radio programs in major markets, a love that dates back to his original career as a radio and TV news announcer.
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood by the Catholic Charismatic Church, Diocese of St. Anthony.
He is a published poet, and his hobbies also include photography, singing, drama, and social activities of all kinds.
<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">"A tour de force of the tortured landscape of child abuse and its pernicious long-term outcomes. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Numerous case studies are expertly intertwined with theoretical insights to produce the equivalent of a comprehensive and unconventional treatment modality. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></p><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">The author demonstrates the direct and indirect pathways from single or multiple identity-shaping events of sexual, physical, and psychological maltreatment in childhood to self-abuse and the preponderance of self-destructive and self-defeating behaviors in later adult life. Equally, certain personality disorders are known to be the sad consequences of child abuse. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></p><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Social phenomena such as domestic violence and delinquency inevitably follow. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Those who are supposed to tackle such malignant outgrowths - most notably mental health practitioners and social workers - are rarely up to the task. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></p><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">This book is an important contribution towards the edification of victims and institutions alike. Thank you for sharing this really fascinating work with me.<span> "<br />—Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., author of <font face="Times New Roman"><em>Malignant Self-love - Narcissism Revisited</em><span style="text-decoration:underline;"></span></font></span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></p><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><br />“This book should be compulsory reading for anyone dealing with abused<br />children or abused adults, or adult survivors of childhood abuse.”<br />—Robert Rich, PhD, M.A.P.S, A.A.S.H.</p>