Healing the Sensitive Heart: How to Stop Getting Hurt, Build Your Inner Strength, and Find the Love You Deserve [Paperback]

Debra Mandel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

Love can hurt. And no one feels the pain more than those with a history of unhappy relationships. "Sensitive-hearted" people are especially vulnerable to toxic relationships and dead-end love affairs. After a while, they actually believe they'll never know a better way to love and be loved...Step forward Dr. Mandel with her unique 11-step program from which readers will be able to: - determine if they are sensitive-hearted - assess the quality of their relationship - make wiser choices in partners - "recreate" the past to overcome old feelings of hurt and move to healthier ones - and experience the joy of a real relationship

Editorial Reviews

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"Dr. Mandel shows us, with compassion, how to heal the wounds we carry into our adult relationships..." -- Russell Friedman, coauthor, The Grief Recovery Handbook

About the Author

Debra Mandel, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and recognized authority on the treatment of adult survivors of abuse, anxiety, and stress disorders.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580627080
• ISBN-13: 978-1580627085
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An open and honest exploration to help one thrive, February 22, 2003

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Michael Bertolucci Ph.D. (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing the Sensitive Heart: How to Stop Getting Hurt, Build Your Inner Strength, and Find the Love You Deserve (Paperback)

I found reading Healing the Sensitive Heart an insightful and pragmatic exploration to help me in understanding how childhood wounds can be transformed into strengths and allow us to thrive in relationships with ourself and with others. This excellent book is carefully written with a deep appreciation for the wounds that each of us carry and a step-by-step approach that isn't preachy or too clinical. It is one of the most sensitvely written and humanistic books I have read on the subject. The book promotes awareness that can lead to compassion and real life changes for anyone open to exploring their past and how it intersects with their present. The book is written with a holistic perspective that helps people intergrate not only psychological issues but the physical and spiritual aspects of onself as well. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is not only interested in healing the past but in creating a future with hope and dignity.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars healing the sensitive heart, February 3, 2003

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lavada deel (Tarzana, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing the Sensitive Heart: How to Stop Getting Hurt, Build Your Inner Strength, and Find the Love You Deserve (Paperback)

I had started reading Dr. Phils book "self Matters" and didn't finish it. Healing the Sensitive Heart is much easier to read, I couldn't put it down! Dr. Mandel gives examples of what she is talking about and how these circumstances may relate to you. I saw myself over and over through out the pages in ways that I would have never imagined without this book. The exercises are simple and clear. She explains in laymens terms how we become the person we are today and how to change. I'm on my way to healing the sensitive heart that I didn't even realize I had. I recomend this book to anyone that would like to improve their relationship with themselves and or others.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, June 30, 2003

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"tadler20" (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing the Sensitive Heart: How to Stop Getting Hurt, Build Your Inner Strength, and Find the Love You Deserve (Paperback)

As a therapist myself, I am on the look-out for books that would be helpful to my clients. "Healing the Sensitive Heart" is an outstanding resource! Written with clarity, compassion, deep respect for people, and belief in their capacity to change and grow, it resonates with authenticity. It provides an excellent analysis of the inner life and behaviours of the "sensitive-hearted", and clear, effective strategies for restoring balance and achieving a healthy relationship with self and others.
I highly recommend this book!