If you feel that the same problems have been haunting you for years, disputes with loved ones have become predictable, and failures at work repeat themselves over and over again, then... you are not mistaken! These patterns are not random – their roots need to be sought in childhood, and it doesn’t matter if it was happy or traumatic. Having learned specific behavioral patterns as a child, you reproduce them again and again, even if your life is becoming less and less calm and happy. But there is a way out! Leading American psychotherapists Jeffrey Young and Janet Klosko, creators of schema therapy, tell in their book how and why we keep stepping on the same rake and what actions will help break the vicious circle and change life for the better.
From this book you will learn:
— how to determine which pattern you are stuck in;
— how childhood experiences influence the formation of behavior models;
— how to help loved ones deal with negative behavior;
— how to break free from the cycle of self-destruction;
— how to be happy while being yourself.