Healing the Child Within Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families (Recovery Classics Edition)

Name: Healing the Child Within Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families (Recovery Classics Edition)
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ISBN: 9780932194404

ISBN-10: 0932194400

ISBN-13: 9780932194404

Edition: 1987 (Revised)

Authors: Charles Whitfield, Cardwell Nuckols

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Dr. Whitfield provides a clear and effective introduction to the basic principles of recovery. This book is a modern classic, as fresh and useful today as it was more than a decade ago when first published. Here, frontline physician and therapist Charles Whitfield describes the process of wounding that the Child Within (True Self) experiences and shows how to differentiate the True Self from the false self. He also describes the core issues of recovery and more. Other writings on this topic have come and gone, while Healing the Child Within has remained a strong introduction to recognizing and healing from the painful effects of childhood trauma. Highly recommended by therapists and…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Health Communications, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Charles L. Whitfield, M.D., is a physician, psychotherapist, and internationally recognized expert on mental illness, behavioral problems, and recovery. He has been on the faculty of the Rutgers University Summer Institute of Alcohol and Drug Studies since 1978, and in private practice of medicine and psychotherapy since 1976. He has been voted by his peers as one of the Best Doctors in America every year since 1994. He lives in Atlanta, GA




Introduction



Background of the Concept of the Child Withini



What is the Child Within?



Stifling the Child Within



Parental Conditions that Tend to Stifle the Child Within



The Dynamics of Shame and Low Self-Esteem



The Role of Stress: The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder



How Can We Heal Our Child Within?



Beginning to Deal With Core Issues



Identifying and Experiencing Our Feelings



The Process oif Grieving



Continuing to Grieve: Risking, Sharing and Telling Our Story



Transforming



Integrating



The Role of Spirituality


Appendix


References