Complex PTSD: From Blame to Forgiveness

This book — a guide to grieving childhood losses. For those who grew up in a dysfunctional family, this book will help repair the damage done to your emotional nature. It explores the nature and limits of true forgiveness, defines the processes of grieving, denial, defense, minimization, and blame. This guide will help distinguish false forgiveness from true, teach how to cope with emotional flashbacks, silence the voice of the inner critic, develop self-compassion, and become a parent to oneself, without which emotional rehabilitation is simply impossible. Many psychotherapists and clients have found this book by Pete Walker to be an effective, practical, and accessible tool for guiding rehabilitation. The guide contains detailed recommendations for safely working with anger and tears of grief, as well as many useful tips on reparenting.