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The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away

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I thought overall that the book was very good at helping me recognize the roots to the problems in my adult life. As a sexual abuse survivor, it has opened the doors to the little child inside of me that needs to feel safe and loved. It was very easy to read and easy to understand. The only negative thing I would have to say about the book is that it was very thorough on addressing the roots of problems, but not necessarily on what you can do now to overcome them. (But I suppose that's another story......)

After many other books on inner child work have come and gone, I keep coming back to this one. The author has given what is arguably the most complete map of the inner child work that has ever been written. To have instructions like this, that take us gently into our own inner mythology is a rare gift. If God/Goddess had commissioned an instruction manual for how to navigate these inner territories, it would have been this one. Come to think of it, maybe that's what happened! For anyone interested in doing really solid inner child work, this book is one they must read and DO! There's the potential for so much healing, and ultimately inner peace in this book!

This is a thorough book. You must be willing to recover very badly to start this journey, because it takes a lot of courage to explore yourself this way. It is written in a friendly, positive style. The writer seems to know exactely what she is talking about. I learned so much about myself from this book!

There's a difference of talking of what your traumas (no matter how significant)are, and actually releasing the feelings and energies that accompany them. If you're really ready to get your life going and become a whole person, this book will do it. Once you've looked at the inner feelings and dealt with them, you're on your way to whatever you want of yourself. Talk about opening doors. You're worth it.

I did not find this book to be a helpful resource for my clients who have had difficult or painful childhood experiences. In many cases the exercises in this book require a greater degree of affect tolerance than the client has at her disposal. The consequence for the reader using this strictly as a self-help book,easily could be emotional overwhelm, and reinforcement of poor self-esteem as the reader continues to wonder what is wrong with her; this time because she cannot accomplish the tasks outlined in this workbook.

THIS BOOK HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND MY INNER CHILD AS WELL AS ASSITED ME IN MY HEALING. ANYONE THAT HAS SUFFERED ANY TYPE OF ABUSE THIS BOOK IS A SURE WINNER IN MENDING THE PAST.

I really enjoyed this book, I found it thorough and empathic. The reader is lead through the many stages of childhood with compassion and given helpful exercises to overcome issues and obstacles present at each stage. The ability to understand the child is well presented by the author. As with psychotherapy generally it is more helpful to work with a therapist, this book is a great beginner or would work well alongside psychotherapy sessions.

Although I think the workbook is comprehensive and interesting, it is not what I had anticipated. I think it is a very good therapeutic tool for someone who works as a therapist, but. sadly, it doesn't lend itself to a simple working project for me Nonetheless, I will keep it for reference as I use the cards .

Most self help books oversimply or make the process too difficult for you to use on your own. Oversimplified or too complicated, either way, the reader does not receive the help they need.

I personally tried to use this book and just found it too complicated and convoluted to use without the assistance of a therapist or someone else. Also, when one sees the word "workbook," one thinks of a book with SHORT and SIMPLE exercises with a place for you to write your response. This book was filled with exercise but the questions were not simple and they are time consuming.

The author has a website and works with clients directly on the phone. This probably would be easier than using the book on your own: h t t p :// joincathryntaylor.com/ (take out the spaces)

I found this book difficult, too time consuming and too much effort. I have a life to lead and I kinda read at what point the author saying in the book that it would take more or less a life time to get through this book and I remember thinking that why must that be so to heal the inner child within, I just found it too stressful and useless when it came to dealing with the problems of inner child work.