Broken Children, Grown-Up Pain (Revised): Understanding the Effects of Your Wounded Past

This book is a first hand book on the authors own life and his grown up pain that I believe we all have to some degree. It helps you to sort out and identify the part/parts that are a part of the cycle of pain. The author also points you to the solutions for coming out on the side of wholeness and the steps to begin the process.It has my wholehearted recommendation.

Excellent insight as to why we do the things we do and more importantly, what to do about it. Wonderful book!

Very informative to learn why we don't understand the whys and where all our personal problems came from. Good counseling to help in unlocking our wounded pasts and how they have by our natural make-up set in motion body functions that have to be re-wired to correct and live freely productive and prosperous lives. How traumas really affect us physically, mentally, emotionally as well as spiritually.

This book provides an excellent complement to Paul's previous book on domestic violence. "Broken Children", reaches deeper into the hearts and minds of those who abuse and the people who find themselves living with abusers. Victims can identify with the helper and rescuer discussions and find motivation for change. Abusers can discover the root of their problems and address the shame vs. guilt thinking that motivates their behavior. This is another wonderful effort by Dr. Paul Hegstrom that gives answers to some of life's toughest problems.

This book proved helpful to me as I search for answers to how to overcome an abusive marriage that harmed my children. It helps to explain why just wanting to be different than your parents isn't always easy.