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Becoming whole : a healing companion to ease emotional pain and find self-love / Bruce Alan Kehr, M.D.

Summary:

"Filled with warmth, empathy, and hope, Becoming Whole systematically teaches you how to ease emotional pain in your life and in the lives of those you care about. Powerfully illustrated by ''sessions''--stories of patients in treatment--and for the first time unveiling what goes on inside the heart and mind of a psychotherapist as they heal a patient's tangled heart, Becoming Whole is devoted to helping: *Someone suffering from emotional distress that just won't go away *Patients in treatment who have not fully recovered *Anyone wanting to improve their love relations. Insightful, powerful, and revealing, Becoming Whole is not only a healing companion, but a valuable life companion as well."--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781626343856
ISBN: 1626343853
Physical Description: 284 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Austin, Texas : Greenleaf Book Group Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-269) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Begin the journey: ease emotional pain and find self-love. Let's talk ; Entering therapy: it takes courage to face yourself -- Heal your child's heart, and your own. Take responsibility for your life, at any age ; Help your child following an emotionally disturbing experience ; Heal an existential crisis in a young adult ; Let go of your child as they become an adult -- Heal your romantic relationships. What is mature love, and how do I find it? ; What makes commitment so challenging? ; Recovering from empty nest syndrome -- Heal the mutilating effects of trauma and find self-love. Trauma and intimate relationships ; Transcending sexual abuse -- Heal your future. How to maintain emotional health and self-love.