Breaking Free

Name: Breaking Free
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ISBN: 9780062505903

By: Pia Mellody

HarperOne / 1989 / Paperback

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Based on such concepts as the "precious child", the five core symptoms of codependence, and the Twelve-Step process of recovery used by Codependents Anonymous, Breaking Free provides strategies and insights for dealing with the fundamental problem of codependence - the inability to live as a mature adult and have satisfying relationships. 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.Paperback Workbook.

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Title: Breaking Free
By: Pia Mellody
Format: Paperback
Vendor: HarperOne
Publication Date: 1989

Dimensions: 7 1/4 X 9 1/4 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 5 ounces
ISBN: 0062505904
ISBN-13: 9780062505903
Stock No: WW50590

Publisher's Description

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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.

Author Bio

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Pia Mellody is an internationally renowned lecturer on the childhood origins of emotional dysfunc-tion. Her recovery work-shops have benefited people all over the world and her bestselling books have been translated into many languages. She is a member of the faculty at The Meadows Treatment Center, a residential center for victims of trauma, emotional abuse, and addictions, in Wickenburg, Arizona.