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What happens when a federal prosecutor's past childhood trauma finally catches up with her in the courtroom of her own soul? Ellen Corcella built her identity around being unbreakable as a New York City prosecutor. At the height of her career prosecuting mobsters and murderers, Corcella's carefully constructed world shattered under the weight of buried childhood trauma. Her journey from the federal courthouse to hospital corridors as a trauma chaplain reveals a profound truth: we don't move beyond our wounds-we learn to walk with them. With unflinching honesty and hard-won wisdom, Corcella shares stories that will break your heart and rebuild your faith. Racing to meet patients on their worst days-comforting parents after car accidents, baptizing dying prisoners, singing hymns with suicidal patients-Corcella discovers that embracing our own brokenness is the key to offering authentic hope to others. This raw memoir shows how trauma-informed spiritual care transforms both healer and wounded. Walk with Me is more than a memoir-it's a comprehensive guide for anyone walking alongside others in pain, searching for meaning in suffering, or learning to live with their own trauma. Complete with practical resources and a study guide designed for both individual reflection and group discussion, this book serves as an essential companion for trauma survivors, chaplains, counselors, and faith communities seeking to create healing spaces

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""This beautiful and powerful book illustrates the concept of the wounded healer and demonstrates that one's own past trauma can be integrated into a whole person who is a healer."" Dr. Alexia M. Torke, Director of Indiana University Evans Center for Spiritual and Religious Values in Health Care. ""Ellen Corcella's 'Walk with Me' is as deeply honest a memoir as one can imagine. ... Corcella wants to be 'the person running to meet people on the worst day of their lives.' A central theme of the book is how Corcella seeks to be that person while still processing so much internalized trauma from her own childhood. ... Corcella's description of finding one's true north and her reflections about the role of a chaplain as a model of calm and bearer of hope will inform, inspire and ground others on that same journey of formation."" Matthew C. Clarke, co-author of ""Disrupting Mercy: The Gift of Extreme Kindness Motivated by Compassion"" and Convenor of ""Conversations with Shame."" ""'Walk with Me' tells Ellen Corcella's incredible story about overcoming her personal demons and her transformation from being a great prosecutor to a chaplain comforting the sick and their loved ones. It's a wonderful book about one woman's journey to move closer to God and find comfort in her life and to bring God's love to others."" Robert H Silbering, Former New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor and author of ""Law & Disorder: How a Kid from the Bronx Became America's Top Drug Prosecutor (2024).""

Author Information

An ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Corcella spent ten years as a hospital chaplain caring for critically ill, injured, and dying patients and their families. After graduating from Christian Theological Seminary, she received additional training in trauma informed clinical care, mindfulness and medication practices from the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and Palliative Spiritual Care from California State University Shiley Haynes Institute. Prior to entering the ministry, Corcella was a New York City prosecutor who lead complex cases involving mobsters, drug traffickers and violent criminals. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University. She founded the network ""Faith & Resilience"" to provide resources and reflections about faith, spirituality, trauma and loss; and currently serves as an Elder and leads the Green Chalice and Social Justice Ministries at Zionsville Christian Church. She lives at home with her dog, Hope, and her cat, Harriett. Corcella is available as a workshop leader, speaker, and preacher and her additional writings may be found at www.ellencorcella.com.

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