The Abandonment Recovery Workbook: Guidance through the 5 Stages of Healing from Abandonment, Heartbreak, and Loss

This book is amazing! My case is different from most, though. I have been abandoned by three siblings since my parents died. They just won't communicate with me and I fear we'll never have a good relationship again. The book has practical advice for the real pain you're experiencing. The questions are so helpful and the advice is rock solid. You have lots of room to journal and express your feelings. My only difficulty was going back to when I was 5 years old. Goodness, I'm 61 and that was so many years ago it was hard to remember how I felt back then.

I am very grateful to have found this book. I suffered a very abrupt termination of therapy 4 months ago, via E-mail. I had been going to therapy for over 2 years because of divorce from a narcissistic spouse. The therapist was working at the community college I started attending and I reached out for help. He was everything a narcissist is not and I developed transference that he failed to set safe and appropriate boundaries for, blamed me and fired me. My father was a narcissist, my two brothers and my former spouse. I have tried therapy with multiple people after the termination.However, I have found that it takes a real seasoned and knowledgeable therapist to understand how injurious an improper termination of therapy is for a client. Thank you for this book. I have already ordered more books written by this author.

I use this book to structure my work with people whose primary clinical issue is abandonment and it works wonderfully! The content is written with easy-to-understand language for my clients (not packed with clinical jargon) so they can be successful at homework assignments, and yet it is challenging enough that we work on it together. I would not recommend this book for "self help" as I have found the content does require processing with a therapist. There are snags along the way as issues arise and deeper traumas surface, so I would not use this independently. Great product. I would like to see it in spiral bound.

Adulting and resilience 101. But a great guide if you're too ADD to journal free-form.

This book / workbook is a must have for anyone dealing with abandonment, grief, etc. I bought this during a time of absolute desperation - the man whom I had dated for 2+ years had (in my interpretation) randomly broken up with me. I have never felt such pain. The best analogy I can think of is that I felt dead at the time and for many months. This book certainly didn’t solve all my problems, bring the guy back, etc but it was instrumental in healing and growing from the pain… the way she writes.. she knows EXACTLY what you’re feeling and exactly what to say. I had a few options narrowed down that were similar to this book and I’m so glad I choose this one. Don’t hesitate to buy this book.

Wow this book… very thought-provoking, makes you dig deep, change and grow. It’s not for the faint of heart. It will have you digging into your soul, and requiring to face yourself and grow and move forward

I can truly feel myself healing. Been working out of this book a little at a time over the last 3 months. It has a lot of awesome tips and self soothing techniques to use. I bought a copy of this for my little cousin who lost her father and is having fears of losing her mother. She’s a teenager and I wanted to help her work through it now while she’s young. I’m 38 years old and have suffered a string of toxic relationships and this is really helping me. Truly a great book.

This book is NOT for abandonment or trauma experienced as a child. I am more than halfway through the book, it focuses on abandonment of a loved one, from an adult perspective. It gives no useful information on how to deal with childhood trauma/abandonment. If I hadn't already written in the book I would return it. It may be helpful for someone who is recently divorced or who has been left by a loved one as an adult, but only on a beginner level. If you have already done work on yourself or with a counselor, it may not help; this is just basic information. I gave it 2 stars because it could be helpful for some who are just starting to work through adult abandonment issues.

Unglaublich gut gemachtes Workbook. Hilf sehr viel zu verarbeiten und bittet viel Verständnis. Auf jeden Fall ein must have!

A good supplement if you have read 'The Black Swan - 12 lessons in Abandonment' book, or possibly even if you haven't but I would suggest reading that book first - it's not a long book but it's very powerful. So, I haven't got far into it yet but this book is an accessible read and looks potentially helpful. It's going to be slow going for me as an autistic person as it poses open-ended questions with no examples so I have to take a long time to ponder and look for relevant examples in my life to answer questions posed. But maybe the work is worth doing slowly. :)

Great Product!

Un excellent workbook pour les dépendants affectifs. Je regrette toutefois que l'auteur ait axé son traitement sur les soucis au niveau du couple uniquement... Cela me semble assez réducteur.

it revealed to me my patterns of self sabotage since childhood. It gave me perspective, and picked me up from the worst breakup of my life. It made me move when I thought I can't anymore. Thankyou so much for writing this book.