Reclaiming your life : a step-by-step guide to using regression therapy to overcome the effects of childhood abuse

"Provides practical and compassionate guidance on dismantling the childhood defenses of repression and denial."Contemporary Psychology. Abstract: "Provides practical and compassionate guidance on dismantling the childhood defenses of repression and denial."Contemporary Psychology This book lays out a powerful program for healing the effects of childhood abuse. Provides practical & compassionate guidance on dismantling the childhood defenses of repression & denial in order to access buried experiences & emotions — & by re-experiencing the pain to finally heal. Using examples from her private practice over the last 14 years, Jenson shows that 12-step & similar programs, as well as traditional therapies, do not fully deal with the phenomenon of repressed pain. Until this pain is processed— retrieved from the unconscious, fully experienced, & grieved over — she believes adults will be trapped in the patterns of childhood.

Describes childhood consciousness versus adult reality/ identifying symbols & triggers/overreaction & underreaction.

"Provides practical and compassionate guidance on dismantling the childhood defenses of repression and denial." Contemporary Psychology . ** Health; Fitness & Dieting,Psychology & Counseling,Pathologies,Parenting & Relationships,Family Relationships,Abuse,Self-Help,Counseling & Psychology,Mental Health,Sexual Abuse,General,Dysfunctional Relationships