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Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation

By Wes Geer and Constance Scharff, PhD

Book Reviews

Eden Sassoon, The Sassoon Way and Season 7 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Rock to Recovery has a powerful heartbeat. When one heart tunes in, it can heal the other.

-Eden Sassoon, The Sassoon Way and Season 7 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Acey Slade, Murderdolls, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Dope

Rock to Recovery® shows the vibrancy and excitement that sobriety can rock!

-Acey Slade, Murderdolls, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Dope

Aloe Blacc, GRAMMY nominated artist

Rock to Recovery is both inspiring and instructive.

-Aloe Blacc, GRAMMY nominated artist

Allan Leslie Combs, PhD, President Emeritus of the Society for Consciousness Studies

Page-turning stories from [a] revolutionary program…

-Allan Leslie Combs, PhD, President Emeritus of the Society for Consciousness Studies

Jonathan Davis, Singer for the GRAMMY award-winning band Korn

These stories about the work Rock to Recovery® does proves just how powerful music can be as a healing force…

-Jonathan Davis, Singer for the GRAMMY award-winning band Korn

Kirkus Reviews

The engrossing volume produces one account after another of darkness and doom but always attempts to balance that solemnity with the kind of optimism that also infuses Rock to Recovery.

-Kirkus Reviews

Reedsy

Reading this book felt like looking through a mirror and seeing my reflection, the experiences, stories have so many parallel to my life.

-Reedsy

Awards

The Nonfiction Book Awards! sponsored by the Nonfiction Authors Association honored Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation with a GOLD Award in 2022. 

An Award of Distinction in the writing category was awarded to Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) in the 28th Annual Communicator Awards (2022). 

Select Book Signing Images

First stop of the “Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation” book signing tour, Santa Monica, CA 2021 (Image Courtesy of Charlie Steffens)
Authors and guests at the book signing in Carlsbad, CA 2021
“I love signing books! I get to interact with readers and talk about healing, growth, and hope.” — Dr. Scharff
Book Signing in San Francisco with filmmaker Adriana Marchione, 2021
Signing in Bellingham, WA

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