Breaking Stigma: A Memoir about Redefining Expectations
"I’ve often
wondered if most adolescents feel that way, when youth is like a handful of dry kindling and
you’re just about to light the match. What a wonderful, unparalleled feeling to believe that
life is about to ignite in the best way possible and there will be an endless supply of fuel." [excerpt from Breaking Stigma]
In her debut Breaking Stigma, author Breeann Hamp takes you up to the very moment when life changes forever. Her writing captures the thoughts, feelings, and heartfelt desires of a woman growing from adolescence into whatever comes next, and the sensation that you've suddenly become a pariah to polite society. Unflinchingly honest, Breaking Stigma is a memoir comprised of equal parts bravery, anger, and transformation; it is a book which speaks to the person we thought we would be, and the person we are.
Breeann Hamp
Breeann Hamp is a licensed clinical social worker who currently sees a broad range of clients in private practice, focusing her clinical skills on LGBTQ+ issues, lower-support needs autism, mood disorders, and trauma. She currently teaches in the College of Social Work at the University of Utah. Prior to becoming a social worker, Breeann was employed as an editor for a publishing company and authored articles for a business magazine. She holds an associate’s degree in business administration, a bachelor’s of arts in mass communication, and is a summa cum laude graduate of the Master’s of Social Work program at the University of Utah. Though Breeann currently resides in Georgia, she is a native Utahn who is passionate about social justice issues and has spent time lobbying for legislation in local politics. When she’s not counseling clients or promoting social justice, Breeann is busy as a mother of three young children. Breaking Stigma: A Memoir about Redefining Expectations is her first book.