Sensible Self-Help: The First Road Map for the Healing Journey [Paperback]

David Grudermeyer (Author), Rebecca Grudermeyer (Author), Lerissa Nancy Patrick (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Licensed psychologists, the Grudermeyers married in 1986, combined their last names, and founded Willingness Works in 1988 in Del Mar, California, to offer workshops on the "seven stages of personal healing." Their book reads like a What Color Is Your Parachute? for the emotional life. This is not a read-what-you-like, feel-good book but a working journey toward healing. Sign your personal contract and begin your "weekly healing plan" and "long-term healing plan." Complete both?20 pages of substantive exercises in each chapter?they may save you some time unearthing problems. The first two sections show how one is wounded in childhood and how such wounds affect adult lives. ("We live our lives out at the level of our wounds, not our wishes.") Sections 3 and 4 explain the seven stages in detail. Besides the index there is a glossary and brief bibliographies and healing activities. Among the plethora of self-help books, this one stands out. Recommended for public libraries and counseling collections.?Susan Burdick, MLS, Reading, Pa.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

This encyclopedia of self-help sequences, routes and choices provides invaluable details on everything from books and tapes to self-help groups and competing therapies, providing consumers with the information to power a general path to good health. From stages of healing to characteristics of patterns encouraging change, this provides a 'road map' embracing the entire spectrum of healing routines. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 429 pages
• Publisher: Willingness Works Pr (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964864800
• ISBN-13: 978-0964864801
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and profound!, February 20, 2000

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MARGARET PAUL, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sensible Self-Help: The First Road Map for the Healing Journey (Paperback)

This beautifully written book is a truly powerful guide in helping you discover where you are in your healing journey and where you are headed. I have recommended it to hundreds of my clients and they all love it. There is not a moment of boredom in this book - it is so clear it almost reads like a gripping novel. I highly recommend this book to both beginners and people who are far along on their healing journey.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible book to guide us through life's challenges!, November 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sensible Self-Help: The First Road Map for the Healing Journey (Paperback)

What an incredible book - start from the beginning - do the work - and stay with it. You will be rewarded with the good feelings of having faced your challenges (wounds) and successfully healing them. Without this work, those of us who have had dysfunctional lives (and that speaks for a good bit of our population) the journey would be frought with disappointments. This book is a God-send - - - do you feel you are ready to make this journey? It will be the best choice you've ever made!!!