Changing Course

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CHANGING COURSE Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear Claudia Black, Ph.D., nationally recognized as a driving force in the field of psychology, pioneered behavioral models in the 1980's for children of addictive family systems and "aduit children" - those raised in dysfunctional families who continue to suffer the consequences in adulthood. Claudia shares an island home near Seattle with her husband Jack, their two cats, Ashley and Bleau and their two dogs, Quinn and Katié. When I wrote It Will Never Happen To Me in the early 1980's it was a major revelation for those raised with addiction. It would become the framework for understanding what it means to grow up in fear and shame and it would give a voice to those who lived in silence. It broke not only a family Don t Talk rule, it broke the cultural rule of Silence. While I have written other books, Changing Course is the true sequel to It Will Never Happen to Me. Changing Course offers a model of healing for all adults whose... Tovább

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CHANGING COURSE Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear Claudia Black, Ph.D., nationally recognized as a driving force in the field of psychology, pioneered behavioral models in the 1980's for children of addictive family systems and "aduit children" - those raised in dysfunctional families who continue to suffer the consequences in adulthood. Claudia shares an island home near Seattle with her husband Jack, their two cats, Ashley and Bleau and their two dogs, Quinn and Katié. When I wrote It Will Never Happen To Me in the early 1980's it was a major revelation for those raised with addiction. It would become the framework for understanding what it means to grow up in fear and shame and it would give a voice to those who lived in silence. It broke not only a family Don t Talk rule, it broke the cultural rule of Silence. While I have written other books, Changing Course is the true sequel to It Will Never Happen to Me. Changing Course offers a model of healing for all adults whose lives have been burdened by pain. Whether your family life was too chaotic or too rigid, you endured abandonment experiences. As a result, our world-view has been colored by chronic loss that still dictates how we live our lives today. Yet the possibility of healing is great if we allow ourselves to own our truth and garner the courage to walk through the pain. This is the journey that I have charted in Changing Course. "We were povuerless in the past, but we are not powerless in the present." "Recovery does not mean giving up <who you are. It means letting go ofwho you are not" "Does the pain ever go away ?" - "Yes." In many ways, recovery is like a sailboat that "comes about," turns to a new direction and allows the wind to refill its sails. This revised edition asks you to take action, to "get under way." It offers new exercises that will help you to begin this process. Once you change course, then you are able to harness the power of the wind - your spiritual self. ISBN NUMBER 0-91-022325-4 Photo by Nicola BIoedel Vissza