The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away Paperback – July 1, 1991

My order was shipped promptly and received sooner than expected. The book is in great condition.

Very helpful! I loved this workbook and getting connected to my inner child.

My therapist recommended this book to me. It’s been very helpful.

Opening the pages of this book marked the start of a journey towards self-discovery. I diligently did the exercises as they were presented in the book and made time every day to do the work it asked for. I found the checklists to be simple and quick to do, but very insightful. Many of the characteristics and behavior patterns listed were ones that I engage in. One of the most intense exercises in this book was "Step Five: Grieving Your Infant Self's Pain." I had no idea my inner infant was in so much pain until I gave her permission to express it in a safe way. This pain came out as rage expressed through pounding and yelling, and doing art work as suggested in the exercise. It was very intense and very exhausting. When I was done, I burned the pages as the author suggests. What a wonderful and renewing experience. I did the same work for the grade-school child and inner teen and it was equally difficult, but rewarding. Reading this book and doing the work within it's pages has put me in touch with my inner child and my inner teen and has helped me discover my true self. Doing this work has changed my life for the better. Thank you, Cathryn Taylor for providing this setting and script for wonderful self-healing. I am grateful.Juliet A. Wright, author of "Everything is My Fault."

I'm a therapist and purchased this, on the advice of a colleague, to use with my clients.In general, I see where the author is going and feel the tasks of the book would be good for anyone to go through. I think this will be very useful for people and worth engaging in.My main complaint is that the reading level is fairly advanced. I wanted to use this with a 61 year old client who has roughly a 6th grade reading level, and there is no way she could get through it. I wish these authors would consider writing an alternate version for those with a lower reading level.

My therapist recommended this it brought up many emotions and is highly recommended by her in healing past trauma. I have had great success with this workbook

Great book for doing Inner Child work for our codependency!

I gave this book 3 stars because 1) it didnt feel like a workbook that I was expecting, I prefer more hands on workbooks where you have some info, some work to show you understand what you are doing, but this one has like 3-4 pages of explanation and the workbook aspect is more imaginary.2) I cant seem to grasp the concept its abstract. It wants you to visualize yourself as a parent but also a child, and to me thats something I cant seem to do because it just feels like make believe/pretend.Overall I think this book would be better as an audio book. I'm a little disappointed I couldnt get it to work for me, because it was recommended by my therapist, and its something I'd really like to learn how to do.