This White House

This White House is the first in an utterly unique series of three books from Gabriel Orion Marie that tell the story of her amazing recovery from extreme and horrific physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual abuse. Her drawings and paintings are powerful and deeply moving. Her words expound magnificently on the images. The offer courage to other survivors of abuse/violence and are already being used by some therapists and students of psychology because they provide a vivid and unique inside view into the heart of a broken and healed woman.

The themes in presented in This White House introduce you to Gabriel’s life and the early years of abuse, which include being sold by her father as a child prostitute and being used for child pornography. She takes you into her experience of becoming many selves and the resulting anguish of insanity. You will quickly come to love this child/woman and will want to follow her through to her recovery after you have been privy to what this books reveals.

Note from the Author:

There are many themes in the areas of wounding and healing from sexual abuse, incest, and torture, and for my books, I have chosen themes that were most prominent in my journey. I created over 325 paintings and drawings during several years of my therapy and have arranged selections of them by themes for chapters. I tried to choose paintings in each topic that I felt would communicate best what I am trying to share.

These themes and paintings are divided into three books, the Recovery From Incest Through Painting My Story series:

This White House (Book One) - Gathering The Wood


• Chapter 1 A Legacy of Shame: A Brief Autobiography 
• Chapter 2 First Revelations: Beginning Therapy 
• Chapter 3 Child Pornography/Child Prostitution 
• Chapter 4 Multiplicity 
• Chapter 5 Inner Deaths: Borderline Series 
• Chapter 6 Obesity and Measurement 
• Chapter 7 Spirituality and Guilt 

Going Sane (Book Two) - Tending The Fire


• Chapter 1 The Therapeutic Relationship 
• Chapter 2 Establishing My Insanity 
• Chapter 3 Tortured: Segreto Oscuro (Dark Secret) 
• Chapter 4 The Penis Question 
• Chapter 5 The Fiercest Taboo 
• Chapter 6 Sensations 
• Chapter 7 Some of My Selves 

A Spectacular Dawn (Book Three) - Witnessing the Gold

• Chapter 1 Choosing Consciousness 
• Chapter 2 Grieving 
• Chapter 3 Letting Go 
• Chapter 4 Forgiveness 
• Chapter 5 A New Beginning 
• Chapter 6 The Dawn and I 
• Chapter 7 Only Now 

Reviews:

I recently had the privilege of hearing this author speak, in person, about her journey of healing and the role art and God played in it--so moving. I started reading the book right away and just finished it today. There's so much packed into the book: about abuse, insanity in the form of DID (dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder) counseling, healing, hope and transformation. The images are powerful and this is not a book to be read lightly. For those who might get overwhelmed, know that the book ends on a hopeful note and that this woman's story is not done, that God is transforming it yet...revealing more beauty and love and healing!

Jen Alward, MA, LPC, ATRL-BC


Gabriel Orion Marie's powerful artistry and brutally honest story of recovering from years of incest and sexual abuse is a heart-wrenching journey that is sadly familiar to far too many children. Her story of survival will inspire many. It tells the truth about the realities of incest, betrayal and childhood sexual abuse. This book and the other two books by Gabriel are a testament to the human spirit.

Patricia Fitzgerald  Founder, Safely Ever After, Inc.


Gabriel Orion Marie's paintings have touched my soul. I encouraged her to follow her heart and give her paintings and story a place in the world where others may find encouragement and perhaps even hear the cry of their own souls in the mirror of her paintings. - Marilyn Van Derbur, author Miss America By Day