"Healing The Unhealed Self"

Written by a certified clinical trauma counselor Nicole Johnson – a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies— Reparenting Your Inner Child sheds light on the most vulnerable parts of the self. By merging inner child work with reparenting therapy techniques, this book offers a fresh perspective on healing unhealed wounds and encourages the readers to engage in the healing process proactively.

Trauma & abuse are often strictly defined. Despite the limitations of these definitions, Nicole Johnson both extends and redefines the perception of trauma and abuse. Not limited to physical and sexual forms – commonly referred as Big T trauma – the author emphasizes that small T traumas, such as emotional and psychological wounds, can affect individuals just as deeply. The book begins by encouraging honesty about uncomfortable past experiences and provides step-by-step guidance along with worksheets for those ready to address and heal their emotional wounds.

Reparenting Your Inner Child presents a well-structured narrative, offering clarity and guidance as readers progress through each chapter. The author also openly advises seeking professional help when overwhelming emotions arise. Nicole’s admission reminds readers that some aspects of the healing process cannot be managed alone and may require expert support. What stands out the most is the summary of each chapter, containing concise takeaways and reflective questions that effectively capture the chapter’s key lessons.

Reparenting Your Inner Child invites deep contemplation, reminding that every healing journey is unique. The exercises are designed to be approached at one’s own pace, without pressure. It serves as a guide for those prepared to confront, accept, and nurture their unresolved feelings. Readers are advised to proceed with caution, as the content may trigger discomfort or painful memories.

Overall, Reparenting Your Inner Child is a highly insightful resource, especially for those interested in learning trauma-healing techniques through the inner child framework. It is a well-structured, concise, and accessible to anyone proactively seeking a new approach to overcoming trauma & abuse.

Thank you Nicole Johnson LPC MEd and New Harbinger Publication. I am sincerely appreciate the opportunity to read the e-ARC.

A thoughtful and gentle guide to what is for most people a very painful topic. The author eschews empty platitudes and meaningless reassurances in favour of brutal but compassionate honesty, practical advice, and a soothing certainty that the reader can indeed take control of and rewrite their future.

This book has been such a surprise!

I didn't expect much from it, I was just curious as I had a growing focus on this subject.

What impressed me the most is the absolute clarity and the richness of resources provided: it takes you step by step, from the very beginning, on this journey of doing the work of reparenting yourself on your own. Providing various techniques, tools and covering even possible solutions to setbacks, while also providing examples for different situations. I am particularly impressed by the Pedro Pascal one, and how such a "fun", social media accepted thing, can reveal so much.

It also bears mentioning the compassion and the beautiful safe space created by the author, the level of understanding and empathy permeates all the pages.

I am grateful to have received this book in order to share my view on it, for me it has painted a complex and complete picture for starting this process.

A very easy read about healing childhood trauma and honoring the inner child. Both of these are incredibly hot topics online and a lot of people will be drawn to this book. The only reason I don't rate it higher is that a lot of the information is incredibly rudimentary for anyone who has done any meaningful reading on the topic already. As a primer, it works wonderfully and will help a lot of people. As a follow-up read for anyone who has dipped into this space before (in a word where The Body Keeps the Score has been charting for years), I worry it's not meaty enough. But it can't be all things to all people, and I can appreciate that my perspective is tainted because this is one of my personal interest areas and I'm eager for a more in-depth dive.

I was drawn to this book as I do a lot of inner child exploration in my work. I read this ARC in return for an honest review. All opinions are my own. It was really useful in creating a structured and compassionate framework that I can use in therapeutic practice. I was reassured by its emphasis on self-compassion and trauma informed care as guiding clients through the process of inner child work is sensitive. The book offered clear psychoeducation and the language toexplore early emotional wounds and how they can influence present day behaviours and emotional responses. I drew on the book’s guided reflections, journaling prompts, and reparenting techniques to reinforce therapy goals between sessions. It's a valuable resource and a therapeutic aid.

I rated this book a solid 5 out of 5—it was absolutely phenomenal. Reparenting Your Inner Child goes deep, and I truly appreciated the clarity and depth it brought to defining complex emotional concepts. Each chapter focused on a key theme, which helped break things down in a really digestible and meaningful way.

What stood out most to me was how immersive and hands-on the book is. At the end of every chapter, there are reflective questions that encourage you to pause and actually do the work, not just read about it. There are also key takeaways summarized at the end of each section, which I found incredibly helpful in reinforcing the main points.

It was an easy book to read and follow, even with the weight of the subject matter. It definitely stirred up a lot of big feelings for me—some of which were hard to sit with—but they were the kinds of feelings that needed to come up in order to begin healing. Because of that emotional intensity, I did find myself needing to take breaks, but that doesn’t take away from how powerful and impactful the book is.

If you’re looking for a practical, compassionate, and deeply validating guide to reconnecting with and healing your inner child, I can’t recommend this book enough.

I am humbled and grateful to the author and publisher for the opportunity to review this ARC. The author approaches the subject with vulnerability, empathy, and hopefulness. As someone who has been on her own healing journey, I found the flow/progression, examples stories, and suggested exercises to be thoughtful and encouraging. The clear and approachable definitions for trauma, types of abuse, trauma responses, and parenting styles were helpful for identifying and acknowledging our own experiences. The author encourages readers to approach each section with self-empathy and love. I would recommend having a journal and pen close by to jot down notes and reflections. This book can definitely be read solo - but I think it would be impactful to be able to work through the material with a trusted friend, ally, or professional counselor. Thank you, again, to #NetGalley and New Harbinger for the ARC. I’m definitely pre-ordering this book.

Many of us have a wounded inner child. It's hard--probably impossible--to grow up without any wounds. Sometimes our parents--no matter their intentions--don't attune with their child. Caregivers may not realize the child's needs, understand the child's needs, be able to meet the child's needs and more. Inside of us, that child stills longs to be seen, heard, and to have their needs met.

The book Reparenting Your Inner Child helps us recognize what our inner child needs and learn how to meet those needs through self-compassion, self-love, and more. It provides a toolkit for healing.

Whether or not one experienced childhood trauma, there is an inner child, a younger part of ourselves who may need healing. This book is a helpful guide.

I surprisingly really enjoyed this - it is a wonderful first step for someone who is becoming aware of their abusive childhood.

The beginning of the book lays out the framework and knowledge to fully comprehend topics that are later presented. I really appreciated the inclusion of basic beginner psychology terminology as well as relevant theories that are to be explored, opening the barriers of therapy to a new level. The breadth of knowledge is vast and the verbiage and direction is clear and concise, ensuring that the readers mind never goes off topic. The information presented is curated and relevant to the aforementioned topic and serves as a catch all for childhood trauma.

I honestly did not expect to learn something from this book, but there are things that therapy cannot teach and can be found in books like this. I highly recommend this book to anyone that may be on the cusp of admittance and needs an extra push to realize their healing is closer than they think.

This book does a good job being very clear about definitions and instructions. It also is very clear on the other resources that are available for support both to continue the process at self help and care journey or to reach out to professional support. I appreciate this approach significantly. each chapter has homework and summary. The wonderful concept that love can come from anywhere to help heal and you can give your inner child many different tools to recover and feel better this was very informative allowed you to self lead and choose tools most effective. I think the thing I adore most about this book is that it will really mean nothing unless you want to put the work in and are mindful about considering the work to make change. The case studies do feel like they all tie too neatly in a bow.

As a therapist who does a lot of inner child work with clients, I can see myself using this book to help clients stay on task between sessions. This book is very concise and easy to follow, and the prompts and exercises are incredibly thoughtful!

This book was a fantastic book with well thought out and simple processes that can mirror any inner child work that you are already doing. So many key takeaways. I have created myself a daily mantra using the information in this book. Highly recommend

I highlighted a lot in the beginning of this book - I thought it was pretty helpful for explaining how trauma isn't always a big T trauma but can be neglect over time or emotional abuse.

I agree with the other reviewer who stated that when it veered into parts work it wasn't for her. Might be for other people, but for me, identifying the WICs (wounded inner children) wasn't something I was really interested in.

I also appreciated how short the book was, it was really digestable and succinct which is helpful when you are trying to work through things emotionally.

if you’ve ever felt stuck in cycles of self-doubt, anxiety, or emotional exhaustion without fully understanding why—this book is a game changer. it dives deep into the lasting impact of childhood trauma and, more importantly, how to heal from it. this guide walks you through reparenting your inner child, breaking toxic patterns, and finally giving yourself the love and care you deserved all along. it's not just about understanding your past; it’s about reclaiming your future.

raw, validating, and deeply transformative. 4 stars.

Thank you NetGalley and New Harbinger Publications for providing me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Positives:

–Contains a short introduction of the most important therapies (IFS, EMDR, TF-CBT)
–Well structured, short chapters with a personal example, a takeaway, and a few journaling prompts at the end of each one
–There is a detailed list of "The Seven Types of Abuse", this held some significant new intel for me, for example financial abuse. Abuse is also
shown through examples like these:
• "Criticizing: “How many times do I have to ask you!”
• "Stonewalling: Giving a child the silent treatment or refusing to communicate."
–The meticulous descriptions about the possible obstacles along your healing process, which might come in handy
–It describes coping strategies and trauma responses
–Self-reflection exercise: Checking-in
–It explains how our childhood experiences changed us
–The so called Childhood Timeline is exremely useful, it's basically a line that represents your life from birth to adulthood to show any adverse
experience that you recall and makes you fell wounded

Negatives:

–Too short, not an in-depth guide, it would be better as a workbook
–Small number of exercises
–Way too many abbreviations with their meaning not always clear or told
–It has no mention of CPTSD, even if in many cases it comes after many years of abuse as a child

In spite of these, I still recommend the book.

This would be a good introduction on healing the inner child to someone new in therapy. I found some of the end of chapter questions helpful in getting into thoughts and how to handle certain emotions. I feel like the book might be more helpful with the guidance of a therapist.

This book felt like a softer or gentler approach to those who may be new to ‘reparenting’ themselves. Overall, this book can be helpful to those who read it and choose to do the exercises.

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„You deserve healing, freedom, relief, and hope. You deserve to receive all the love, support, and protection you may not have gotten as a child. You deserve to have a safe person who loves you unconditionally. And that person is meant to be you.“

I loved this book so much, it helped me understand some things. Everything was easy to understand and not complicated in any way. It really touched me, and i'm glad i found it. I can't wait to start the exercises.

„Emotions are not gender specific and you have a human right to feel all of them.“

- a huge thank you to netgalley & the publisher for giving me this e-arc.

This is a very accessible and gentle read which offers a great introduction to the subject of reparenting, especially if you're not particularly familiar with it yet. The writing is clear and easy to read, and the content is wholesome and healing. Would definitely recommend this to people looking to heal from childhood trauma.

Reparenting Your Inner Child is easy-to-read and informative. If you have never read books on reparenting yourself, this is a good book to start with. For me, it seemed to largely present similar material to what I have read before by John Bradshaw. However, this book provides a gentle path for the non-versed to find healing as an adult who has been through childhood trauma. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.