Carefrontation: Breaking Free From Childhood Trauma - Softcover

Drake PhD, Arlene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194287281X ISBN 13: 9781942872818

Publisher: Regan Arts., 2017

Synopsis

With more than thirty years of experience, Dr. Arlene Drake writes a guide for those desperately in need of a way to break free from the pain of childhood abuse and reclaim their lives.

When confronted with an abused child, our first impulse is to drop everything and provide comfort, get him or her out of danger, and find out what the hell is going on at home. It’s obvious that the child is helpless, in trouble, and needs protection. Parents or not, we instinctively know what to do: We take care of the child.

But what if the child is you?

Active and directive, Carefrontation is filled with exercises and the simple, effective tools Dr. Drake has used successfully with her own clients for more than three decades. It lays out a powerful way to repair the damage of childhood abuse and its lasting effects, by teaching you what your parents couldn’t: an invaluable set of skills and practices that will give you the resources to live as a healthy, happy adult.

With the clear path this book provides, you can finally acknowledge that the suffering and the pain can stop. The destructive patterns can end. You can graduate, at last, into a life beyond “abuse victim” and for the first time take the power back from your abusers and finally be at peace.

About this title

About the Author

Arlene Drake is a pioneer in the field of childhood abuse and trauma recovery. She has long been a passionate crusader for victims’ rights and has been featured in media outlets including the Los Angeles Times, People magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, and ABC World News Tonight. She is a member of both the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and the Clinical Hypnosis Association. Drake lives and works in the Los Angeles area.

Review

"Arlene Drake has written the most powerful book I have read, explaining the impact of childhood abuse on one’s ability to have a healthy and satisfying adult life. She offers a hopeful and clear process for addressing and healing this abuse . . . Carefrontation is essential for all people who have suffered with the aftereffects of childhood abuse, as well as for health professionals working with these clients . . . It is transformative and is a must have!"

 

— Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD, Fiaedp, FADA, FAND, Co-author of Intuitive Eating, 3rd edition

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Regan Arts.
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 194287281X
• ISBN 13: 9781942872818
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272