Sanctuary Book Club- Fall 2025

Reading What Happened to You by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey

The Sanctuary Book Club is back, and you’re invited! This round will be facilitated by Sanctuary owner and director Sarah McCrory, LPC-S. We’ll be reading the book What Happened to You by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey (you can learn more about the book here). The book reads like a conversation between Dr. Perry (a world renown psychiatrist, researcher, and clinician) and Oprah Winfrey (you know who she is, right?). It is a wonderful consolidation of key insights concerning trauma, attachment, and brain development. It speaks very succinctly to the need to ask the question “what happened to you?” instead of “what is wrong with you?”

Reading will begin the week of September 8th- and you’ll receive an initial email that day to kick things off (including the reading schedule, initial thoughts on the book from Sarah McCrory, and some questions to help you think through how the information applies to your life. Each Monday you’ll receive another email pertaining to that week’s assigned reading.

Then on Saturday, October 25th from 9:30-11:30 a.m., we will gather for a light breakfast and discuss the book. If you’d like to participate but are unable or prefer not to attend the in-person discussion, you’re still welcome to sign up, and we think you’ll still receive great value from the weekly email guidance.

The cost to participate is $25 (this does not include the book). We will email you an invoice after you register that can be easily paid online. If you’d like to participate and the $25 is an issue, just let us know, and you can pay what you can.

Please sign up now if you’re interested, purchase a copy of the book from your preferred seller (it’s available everywhere books are sold), and be on the lookout for the September 8th email!

REGISTER HERE TO JOIN US!