Publisher's Synopsis
Self-awareness is key to a happy life. But how can you gain that link between your beliefs, emotions, and behavior?
Before you find a therapist, there's a lot of healing you can do yourself. Learn how.
Understand your emotions before they seize control.
Therapize and Heal Yourself is a powerful book, full of clinical techniques, examples, and action plans to finally put a magnifying glass onto your own psyche. You've heard the cliche that your mental state begins and ends with your upbringing. Come find out just how true that is, and the source of many of your emotional triggers. Change is difficult, but growth is always possible.
The past is powerful. But you can control what happens from today going forward.
Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.
Identify your traumas and be able to observe your patterns.
- The "miracle question" to ask yourself for better understanding
- What your shadow does and why it is so terrifying
- A lesson in reparenting your inner child
- How to find your emotional blind spots
- How to keep calm with cognitive defusion
- The "rewind technique" for dealing with massive emotions
This book uses 4 powerful fictional characters to make sure that the techniques will resonate with you.
