The Depth of Her Touch
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Product Details
Publisher: Svetlana Masgutova Educational Institute & reg, LLC
Release Date: September 5, 2023
Formats: Paperback, Ebook
ISBN: PB: 978-1-61966-012-0; EB: 978-1-61966-013-7
Trim: 5.5 x 8.5
Page Count: 242
A Biography of Svetlana Masgutova, PhD, Creator of the MNRI® Reflex Integration Program
Kathryn Carr
A finalist in the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!
A true story about the power of the human spirit . . . and one remarkable woman who has changed the lives of tens of thousands of special needs individuals and trauma survivors around the world.
On June 5, 1989, a New York Times page one story reported a railway catastrophe in the Soviet Union that killed five hundred passengers and severely injured seven hundred children and adults. Svetlana Masgutova, a newly minted dean of a Moscow District university psychology department, immediately answered the country’s call for voluntary first responders. After four grueling months of working with traumatized children, Dr. Masgutova discovered that reflex integration techniques developed in real-time helped move the children beyond survival and into presence and safety. This tragic event inspired the formation of the MNRI® / Masgutova Method® of reflex integration, which is now accessible in forty countries. This profound method based on movement-oriented therapy and proprioceptive touch has helped about three hundred thousand patients realize the possibility of achieving their highest potential.
The Depth of Her Touch chronicles Dr. Masgutova’s uncompromising passion for healing suffering individuals, despite enduring her tragedies, including the sudden death of her sister and her only son. She has changed lives throughout the world with her authentic compassion and empathy. As documented through Dr. Masgutova’s recollections, the voices of select parents and professionals, and the writer’s own experience as the mother of a special needs child, The Depth of Her Touch captures what it feels like to experience the gift of Dr. Masgutova’s touch through her Masgutova Method.
About the Author
Kathryn Carr is a proud mom of an MNRI® child and an award-winning print journalist. She has served as a longtime project editor and writer for Crain’s Cleveland Business, and she is an editor for the Svetlana Masgutova Educational Institute. During her journalism career, Kathryn oversaw the editorial team for Edible Cleveland, which was named one of Ohio’s top magazines. Kathryn and her family live in northeast Florida.
Reviews
“There’s nothing more gut-wrenching than to have a child with special needs and not know how to help [them]. In The Depth of Her Touch, author Kathryn Carr gives readers hope for children who suffer from various neurodevelopmental disorders. Carr’s book is a fascinating look at the MNRI®/Masgutova Method® and the incredible specialist who has reached people in over forty countries with her amazing reflex integration. Read on for a sense of joy and healing.” —Janet Malcolm Hayles, author of Every Three Hours: A Mother’s Story of Raising a Child with Chronic Illnesses from Car Seat to Career
“A profoundly touching and important biography that is as page-turning and compelling as any bestselling fiction story. The Depth of Her Touch provides deep insight into one of the most gifted healers of our times. Kathryn Carr eloquently captures the story of an incredible scientist, healer, and humanitarian whose unique contributions to human health, behavior, and neurosensorimotor development and function will forever change the way we approach human struggles as varied as war trauma and developmental delays. If parents or soon-to-be parents could have easy access to the MNRI® method, we would see far fewer health and developmental challenges in our children. It is my sincere hope that this book gets into the hands of the millions of people who could benefit from the wisdom of Dr. Svetlana Masgutova.” —Beth Lambert, author of A Compromised Generation and Brain Under Attack; founder of Epidemic Answers and Documenting Hope
“Kathryn seamlessly weaves the complex science of Dr. Masgutova’s method with the depth of her heart to tell this incredible story. MNRI will undoubtedly change the way we approach healthcare.” —Monique Farah, writer, director, and documentarian
“MNRI continues to be one of the most powerful forms of therapy I’ve utilized on my healing journey following the murder of my six-year-old son, Jesse, at Sandy Hook Elementary School. A healing [technique] so effective it does not require thinking or talking about pain . . . mak[es] [healing] comfortable and possible for everyone. MNRI is the future of trauma treatment.” —Scarlett Lewis, founder of Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement
“This is a scientifically edifying book as well as an inspiring one and poignantly presents Masgutova’s philosophy of life . . . A captivating blend of portraiture and scientific explanation.” —Kirkus Reviews