Overview
Are childhood wounds still shaping your life today? Thawing Childhood Abandonment Issues offers a compassionate, clinically grounded path to healing the pain of emotional neglect, trauma, and insecure attachment.
Abandonment wounds in childhood can leave invisible scars that impact your adult relationships, self-worth, and emotional resilience. Whether you experienced physical neglect, emotional abuse, or simply a lack of secure attachment, these early disruptions often resurface in anxiety, addiction, people-pleasing, codependency, or patterns of self-sabotage.
In Thawing Childhood Abandonment Issues, Don Carter, MSW, LCSW, integrates decades of experience in psychotherapy with his signature Iceberg Model to guide you through the healing process. This interactive workbook explores the connection between early trauma and current struggles, using real-life case examples, self-reflective prompts, and proven tools for emotional reintegration.
Inside, you'll discover:
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How abandonment wounds shape adult behavior and identity
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The roles of inner children, protectors, and exile dynamics
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New ways to break trauma-bonded relationships and codependency
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Mind-body strategies to reclaim your worth and your voice
This is more than a self-help book-it's a trauma-informed recovery tool designed to thaw frozen emotions and empower lasting transformation. Whether you're doing inner child work, therapy, or navigating your healing journey alone, this guide offers structure, support, and soul-level insight.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781477634769
- ISBN-10: 1477634762
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: June 2012
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 188
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