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Healing the Child Within

Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families

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Healing the Child Within

By: Charles Whitfield
Narrated by: Robert Feifar
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About this listen

Have you ever heard of your inner child? Well, this is the classic book that started it all.

In 1987, Charlie Whitfield's breakthrough concept of the child within - that part of us which is truly alive, energetic, creative, and fulfilled - launched the inner child movement. Healing the Child Within describes how the inner child is lost to trauma and loss, and how by recovering it, we can heal the fear, confusion, and unhappiness of adult life.

Eighteen years and more than a million copies sold later, Healing the Child Within is a perennial selling classic in the field of psychology. And it is even more timely today than it was in 1987. Recent brain research, particularly on the effects of trauma on the brain of developing children, has supported Whitfield's intuitive understanding as a psychiatrist.

About HCI Recovery Classics: HCI's recovery backlist contains some of the most important and best-selling works in the recovery field. These books are still sought after today, selling more than 100,000 copies per year. Our new line of branded audiobooks features expanded editions of our top recovery titles, new introductions, updates on pertinent recent developments in the field, and contemporary new cover art.

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I think it was time well spent in the sense I always prefer an audiobook these days. I learnt some things for sure.

What three words best describe Robert Feifar’s voice?

I think the voice was not the best. It lacked the passion that authors themselves have. It was too advertise-like perhaps.

Any additional comments?

I've only listened to it once and will listen to it again hopefully at some point. It's been a while since i listened to it but I do remember it brought up some emotion for me.

It was ok :-)

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This book has really supported my emotional recovery, helped develop my emotional intelligence and enabled me to effectively self reflect. It has enabled me to make significant steps forward in terms of dealing with and moving on from past experiences and essentially 'heal the child within' or becoming my true self. My only issues was I found the narrative voice a little annoying.

Very helpful for self reflection

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I found that there was a lot of relevant content in this book that I could relate to. It was in depth and gave recognition to the topic that it deserved. I would recommend it to those who have a limited understanding of the affects and how much work it takes to heal the inner childhood.

Informative And Relevant

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very helpful in identifying how far I have come and how I got there. also confirmed I'm on the right path and have already begun my journey.

powerful read

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An essential read for every human especially trauma related to child abuse survivors. Many accurate depictions of what childhood trauma feels like as an adult and ways to not only survive but thrive in adult life as a survivors owning and honoring the child within=your true authentic self

Essential read for every single person

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