How We Heal and Grow The Power of Facing Your Feelings edition by Jeffery Smith Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
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Why is it so hard to change? Not only does psychiatrist, blogger (HowTherapyWorks.com) and teacher, Dr. Smith's crystal clear prose give the answer, but he shows how to outsmart our own mind's many ways of keeping us the same. Each person's problems and dysfunctional patterns are different but they start out as ways to shield us from painful and uncomfortable feelings. The good news is that facing just those feelings is the path to freedom, and it is not as hard as it seems. Dr. Smith shows how to get to know your feelings, understand why and how they have been hidden from you and how to face them so that you, too, can heal and grow into the person you want to be.
How We Heal and Grow The Power of Facing Your Feelings edition by Jeffery Smith Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
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How We Heal and Grow The Power of Facing Your Feelings edition by Jeffery Smith Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
This is a rich book that makes a unique (and important) contribution to psychology and personal growth by looking at what blocks access to long avoided feelings from all possible angles, and at how each type of block may be approached to produce change. While others have written about the importance of facing feelings, there isn't any other literature that looks at the topic of healing/growth through facing feelings in such a comprehensive way. How We Heal and Grow is indeed a great asset to the field of psychotherapy and psychology, and to anyone interested in personal growth. I was moved by the author's depth and breadth of understanding, and appreciated gaining the perspective and insight that the book offered.
Written from a holistic/integrative perspective, the book is practical and accessible. Its tone is one of understanding and compassion. It offers a complete account of the process of change, covering the full range of human conflicts and difficulties, as well as solutions that facilitate motivation to explore one's own path to growth. It affirms the complex role of development and of personal history in shaping our present experience, a position that's far removed from the medical model (which implies diagnosis and an associated label). The author brings things to perspective using vignettes and practical examples.
The thesis of the book is that emotional and psychological problems most commonly result from a childhood instinct to avoid feelings that are beyond childhood coping abilities. These painful unprocessed feelings remain stored in the body, and the invisible shield that we created as small children to protect ourselves from their awareness becomes the source of our present self-defeating and dysfunctional patterns. In other words, we often act in the present as if we still need to defend from the real or perceived difficulties of our childhood. The path to healing and growth is facing (processing) those same feelings in a context of safety and connection. Yet, we have a natural drive to avoid facing feelings; our mind uses multiple strategies/blocks to protect us from experiencing painful emotions.
Dr. Jeffery Smith helps the reader understand how to gain access to long avoided feelings (in therapy or through self-help). He offers a complete description of the inner blocks that keep us shielded from our feelings, and explains how to work with each type of block to produce lasting change; blocks include behavior patterns, values, attitudes, ideals, thoughts, and dreams and future aspirations. Even surface feelings, such as anxiety, can distance us from the deeper feelings that need to heal. Exploring the patterns entrenched in these parts of our mind, as described in the book, could draw out feelings that need to heal and clues to the original problem.
In addition to inner blocks, resistance to facing feelings may have to do with relationship dynamics; for example, in therapy, working with a therapist that is overly nice or overly reserved, or focusing too much on intellectual analysis, could make us unwilling or unable to access feelings, and may leave some issues unaddressed. In its final chapter, How We Heal and Grow includes a useful psychotherapy self-evaluation tool to help those entering or undergoing psychotherapy determine if therapy is working successfully.
The holistic perspective of this book was a much-needed addition to the psychotherapy and self-help literature, and I envision that it will become one of the most inspiring sources of guidance for those who want to change and grow. The book is especially welcome as a balance to the proliferation of therapies that tend to overlook the role of facing feelings. Its core message resonates with my own explorations of what leads to meaningful change. My experience of working on personal change, with and without professional help, and a psychology MA perspective, has given me a deep and unequivocal awareness that facing feelings results in lasting change. At times, this means accessing long forgotten memories and facing the feelings accompanying them, or becoming aware of childhood wishes, which may seem urgent and unrealistic at the same time, and processing the pain and sadness of relinquishing the hope for their fulfillment in the present; it also means replacing the treasured childhood wishes with realistic adult goals. The process isn't easy, but facing my feelings has changed my life, which is why I wholeheartedly endorse How We Heal and Grow, and think it's so important to understand how to work with blocks to long avoided feelings. Understanding the process will actually make it easier. Reading the book has opened my perspective to potential blocks to feelings I hadn't thought of before, such as internalized values and ideals, and I can now use this knowledge as a tool for further personal growth.
This is a groundbreaking book offering a comprehensive outlook on how we change, and insights that will empower anyone working on or contemplating personal growth, and that will expand the toolbox of those in the helping professions. Highly recommended.
I love this subject and I love Dr. Smith's way of writing
Brings clarity to challenging issues! Excellent resource for those of us looking for road map to Healing and Wellbeing. Thanks a Million!
Important points, well-made but slightly repetitive.
Excellent book. Everything Jeffrey Smith, MD writes about is excellent. Very easy to read and very educational for therapists and clients alike. Highly recommend this book.
Awesome! I'll definately be trying my clients to this.
I’ve been reading Dr. Jeffery Smith’s book in bite size portions (10 or 12 pages at a time). Though it is written simply, there are so many riches that I must pause to savor each bite. For example, he says, “The smallest children have the biggest feelings. When adults experience emotions that are big and intense, the emotions probably come from a young place…” While the author develops this major idea in the context of healing, I find myself stopping to think about my young grandchildren and their (now more important) hurts. In discussing catharsis in a relationship, Dr. Smith says, “Ultimately I want to convince you that your partner’s bitter accusations are as precious as gold and jewels.” He goes on to explain why, and now I find myself listening to my partner (instead of shutting down when he talks.)
While I have to pay attention to all the pieces along the way, what is stunning about this book is the depth and thoroughness of the discussion. Dr. Smith has distilled his studies and experience with patients and there is much to put into practice, but there are no simplistic answers. Dr. Smith also addresses the issue of healing in the context of various therapeutic traditions. This is especially interesting. I’ll be retuning to this book again and again.
Amazing book for folks looking to grow through and heal from the tough things that show up and affect us as we journey through life.
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