News & Events

BOOK SIGNING and LOCAL LAUNCH!

I’m excited to announce that Barnes & Noble in Winston-Salem will host a book signing for Unwrapping: A Novel About Generational Trauma on Saturday, June 7 from 2 to 4 pm.

Please come out to see me and buy a copy of the book at that time if you haven’t yet purchased one through the website. I’d love to see friends from the different walks of my North Carolina life that day.

Barnes & Noble is located at 1925 Hampton Inn Ct., Winston-Salem.

ABOUT AGING, ANXIETY AND SELF-CARE

My work as a clinical mental health counselor often involves helping folks manage anxiety, and a big part of that is learning how to do so—it’s not as hard as you may believe.

On Tuesday, May 13 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, I’ll be giving a Zoom presentation called “Anxiety and Tuning In To Yourself” for the free Aging Well Series sponsored by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention.

I’ll focus on how you can notice anxiety in your body from its earliest appearance, and I’ll discuss self-care steps you can take for short- and long-term benefit.

The Aging Well Series is held the second Tuesday of each month. To register, email AgingWellSeries@wakehealth.edu, and you will be sent a link to join the Zoom.

Unwrapping: The Launch

Unwrapping: A Novel About Generational Trauma is available to order with this link.

What People Say About Unwrapping

  • "Leslie Gura contextualizes the process of psychotherapy within an engaging story with complex, compelling characters. Unwrapping is an important and rare novel about the process of trauma recovery that is both insightful and entertaining.”

    Mark B. Scholl
    Professor of Counseling
    Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, NC

  • “Take intriguing plot twists, romantic angst and generational trauma, and you get Unwrapping. I came away with deep empathy for Gura’s well-developed characters. An informed, touching read."

    Sherry L. Allen, LPC, NCC
    Owner and Principal Therapist
    GrowSteady
    Nashville, TN

  • "It's difficult to find a book that is teaching vital information while absorbing the reader simultaneously into a story, allowing our imagination to take us there. Gura found the middle world between reading enjoyment, learning about hard and triggering topics, and tools that can be utilized for learning."

    Laneita Williamson, RN, BSN
    Trauma-informed Care Manager
    CareNet Counseling
    Winston-Salem, NC

  • "I absolutely loved this novel! So many different story lines. The characters are real and their stories are true. I feel for them."

    Maria Teresa Jones, MDiv, BCC
    Spiritual Director and Dreamwork Facilitator
    Ceiba, Puerto Rico

  • “Others have shared the techniques and theory of the art of care; Gura is the only one that I know of who has brought that carefully honed practice into proper focus with the dramatic perspective it deserves. What could be more amazing, surprising or compelling than people helping each other along their way through life?”

    Gary Gunderson, MDiv, DMin, DDiv
    Professor, Faith and the Health of the Public
    School of Divinity
    Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, NC