Counseling for the Entire Family

 RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 on AMAZON & KINDLE E-BOOK

Mom and Dad’s Marriage of Violence and Love is a page-turning memoir that walks straight into the storm—then shows you the rainbow.

Set on Chicago’s West Side at the height of the crack epidemic, Aisha Holman’s story glides from Saturday-morning Bruce-Lee marathons to Sunday-morning gospel choirs, from blue-shag-carpet living rooms to the polished halls of Capitol Hill. With humor, heart, and unflinching honesty, she invites every reader—men and women, therapists and first responders, survivors and even those who have caused harm—to see themselves in the complicated dance between love and violence.

• For professionals: Gain intimate insight into how trauma hides in plain sight, and discover the small acts that sow lifelong resilience—essential reading for counselors, social-workers, chaplains, and crisis teams.
   
• For first responders: Experience a family’s front-row view of emergency calls, police interventions, and community chaos—and how compassionate action can change a child’s story.
   
• For survivors (and the ones who love them): Find gentle validation, warm laughter, and the hope that broken things can still bloom.
   
• For those wrestling with their own mistakes: Witness an honest yet grace-filled look at addiction, anger, and redemption—proof that accountability and compassion can coexist.
   

Through vivid scenes—house parties alive with Motown, whispered prophecies that birth a counseling center, funeral revelations that upend everything—Holman shows how one family turned generational pain into a beacon of healing. Her mother’s steadfast faith, her father’s charm and struggle, and her own journey from shy violin student to founder of Holman Family Services create an irresistible narrative of courage and possibility.

Warm, witty, and relentlessly hopeful, Mom and Dad’s Marriage of Violence and Love reminds us that every scar has a story—and every story holds the power to set someone free. Dive in, and discover how love can outshine even the loudest storm.