Breaking Free

Pia Mellody

HarperCollins, Publishers

Revised and Updated With Over 600,000 Copies Sold
Pia Mellody creates a framework for identifying codependent thinking, emotions and behaviour and provides an effective approach to recovery. Mellody sets forth five primary adult symptoms of this crippling condition, then traces their origin to emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical and sexual abuses that occur in childhood. Central to Mellody's approach is the concept that the codependent adult's injured inner child needs healing. Recovery from codependence, therefore, involves clearing up the toxic emotions left over from these painful childhood experiences.

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

In her pioneering Facing Codependence, Pia Mellody traced the origins of codependence back to childhood and a wide range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual abuses. Now in this innovative new workbook, she presents a step-by-step journal-keeping method for moving toward recovery from codependence. Based on such concepts as the "precious child" and the five core symptoms of codependence, along with the Twelve-Step process of recovery used by Codependents Anonymous, Breaking Free provides strategies and insights for attacking the fundamental problem in codependence-the lack of dependence on self. 
 In a three-part approach to recovery, Mellody first shows recovering codependents how to move beyond denial of their childhood history of abuse. She then offers techniques to identify concrete ways in which the symptoms of codependence operate in their lives. Finally, Mellody guides users through the process of identifying and recording specific instances of improvement in their lives as an aid to greater self-awareness and further recovery.

Breaking Free: A Recovery Workbook for Facing Codependence

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Parenting & Relationships

HarperOne

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives (Chinese Edition)

J. Keith Miller

Psychology & Counseling

China Machine Press

La Adiccion Al Amor / Love Addiction (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Relationships

Obelisco

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