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Reclaiming Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Regression Therapy to Overcome the Effects of Childhood Abuse

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Reclaiming Your Life lives up to its title. It is not pop psychology, but a deeply felt, thoroughly wise, highly practical approach to the healing of childhood wounds. When you have nodded your way through Alice Miller, and find yourself thinking "Yes, but how?" this is the next book to read. And re-read.

First of all: I am the publisher of the Dutch edition in Holland. A couple of years ago I got a phone call from a 62 years old Dutch guy, who told me: 'I've read this book and it changed my life. You should publish it'. In the next weeks I received some calls from Dutch therapists telling me the same story. So I decided to buy the Dutch rights and publish the book in Holland. Since then I have read it and reread it, and I must say: it has changed my life too, and probably many clients and readers in Holland. Jean's book is very clear and a good read. Reading it, you become aware of things happened in your youth, and how you react to all kind of things (work, personal relationships, etc.) in your adult life. You become aware of your over- or under-reactions in different situations. It will help to give you a better understanding of your self and others. I am very proud of having published it in the Dutch language, and that indeed it is very succesful here in Holland.

'Reclaiming your life' is not a how-to-become-happy-in-24-hours kind of book. It is thorough, thoughtful and understanding. It may be uncomfortable to read, it may cause some fear or sorrow, but I can seriously recommend it to readers all over the world. And in the end: it will change your life too.

This book is one of 2 that have meant the most to me in my life! Dont let the idea of "childhood abuse" throw you off if you think it didnt happen that way for you, this book talks to ALL of us! I found myself in here more often,and better said than I could do myself! It was amazing to me that I could find my truths in black and white. And, since I did, her methods of growing beyond are most helpful to me daily. Please read this book- it is extremely well worth it, in my opinion. If you are ready for your truth, you will find it here.

If it weren't for the reviewers I would have missed it. How does one navigate through the zillions of "self help" books out there to find the real gems? The reviewers pushed me to the purchasing point.(thank you!) The author Jean Jensen shows us real life examples of the stumbling blocks children of abusive parents have as adults, in the workplace and in their love lives. At the end of the book are wonderful examples of people like you and me who explain how they moved through their own personal life struggles with the help of regression therapy. Jean Jenson thoroughly explains her method in a considerate manner and gives a variety of covert and overt abusive acts so you will relate, as opposed to deny. You may have to read this a few times because the source of our problems wants us to react in an opposite direction to healing. Jenson helped me see a way out and up, and she certainly covered all the bases to healing, covering many of my questions I could not find answers to with conventional therapy.

Jenson's book is excellent in helping you define past abuse and stop minimizing, denying, etc. Her tone is helpful and she shares that she, too, needed healing from childhood neglect. That said, regression therapy can be very dangerous to do alone. Get a sympathetic therapist, one familiar not only with childhood abuse and neglect but Jensen's work, too. I wouldn't recommend doing it all on your own or with non-professionals--the deeper the trauma, the more abuse there was, the more serious the abuse, the more likely you will tap into very strong and deeply buried feelings that can wreck your day, week or month until you work through them. I used the book on my own and had to find a therapist to help me sort through everything.

I stiill refer back to her book, esp. identifying "old" feelings v. the present situation. Be careful, though and have plenty of professional and family/friend support, esp. if the abuse you suffered left any signs of PTSD or anything like that.

I bought this book from Amazon after reading all the glowing reviews. I was skeptical, but hopeful, it would really help me. I want to tell anyone reading these reviews that this book is worth buying and reading, if you suspect, or know, that you were abused as a child. Every good thing said about this book is true. If you are hurting, angry, have trouble trusting, have trouble keeping a relationship going, this book may be just what you need.

I have read alot of self-help books looking for that one that would somehow help me understand why I feel and act the way I do. Never before has a book reached to my very core like this one has. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to over-come a dsyfunctional childhood. Ms. Jenson explains how we are still influenced in our adult lives through unresolved childhood issues. She gets to the root of the problem and then step by step explains how to get beyond our way of responding/acting the way we do in everyday interactions. I have never written a review before, but felt I must with this one. Now I feel like I can get past my "past" and live my life the way it was truly intended to be lived; free of my past!

I found the techniques described in this book incredibly simple with a powerful impact. "Simple" meaning very uncomplicated but requiring a commitment to healing on the part of the reader. It has made me very cognizant of those moments we all have when we are about to react from frustration or anger--or even dismiss an emotion because we don't want to deal with it. This book says, STOP...right in the middle of it...embrace it, feel it, hurt with it, learn from it. It's extremely empowering and very humbling to realize how often I have such moments. I highly recommend this book to those who want to make positive changes in themselves and ultimately in their relationships.

I have come to regard this book as the most important outline of the consequences of early abuse. It has provided me with both an understanding of how individuals come to suffer in adult relationships and more importantly, what is necessary to overcome the damage done. The prescription for healing is not anything anyone can do easily, although it is a simple philosophy. The path to recovery from early trauma is terrifying I am convinced, but the author offers supportive and caring reassurance throughout.

This is a remarkable little book. It is vastly different from any of the other "self-help" tomes out there, and I've read a lot of them. Where many books explain what happened to you in your childhood and maybe even why, few give you a clue as to how to deal with the emotional issues that arise as you pursue recovery. This book is deeply compassionate and empathic, and takes you step-by-step through the process of dealing with those emotions. Reading it gave me the courage to dive back into some painful emotions I had been denying for a long time -- and the author was right, once I had done so I felt an incredible sense of freedom and relief. There's no moralizing here -- nobody is shamed or labeled "bad" or "wrong" -- there's just a lot of support, compassion and respect for what it takes to grow and heal. I hope this book finds the wider audience it deserves.