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

by Cathryn L. Taylor (Author) "As Monique Wittig states in her poem Les Guerilleres, I too believe there was a time for each of us when we were not a..." (more)
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Product Description
This book is designed as a gentle, step-by-step guide for re-parenting the inner child during the first seven stages of life: as an infant, a toddler, a young child, a grade school child, a young teen, a young adolescent, and a young adult. Using a wide range of tools to do this inner work, the reader is led to explore the issues of grief, shame, and loss at each of the seven stages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher; 1st edition (July 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087477635X
• ISBN-13: 978-0874776355
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #151,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars INSIGHTFUL, September 7, 1999

By A Customer

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......)

41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a classic in its field!, May 16, 2001

By	Hal-Zina Bennett, Author-Writing Coach "Halbooks" (Northern California United States) - See all my reviews

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!

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very rewarding book, May 25, 1999

By A Customer

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!