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Healing Your Wounded Inner Child in 7 Weeks: A Step-by-Step Toolkit Filled With Concrete Exercises, Practical Tools, and Advanced Techniques for Lasting ... Trauma

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Discover Lasting Healing and Transformation from Childhood Trauma with this 7-Week Workbook!Are you haunted by painful memories from your childhood?

Do you struggle with feelings of depression and unsafety?

Are unhealthy behaviors preventing you from living your best life?

Unleash the Power of Healing with "Healing Your Wounded Inner Child in 7 A Step-by-Step Workbook Filled with Concrete Exercises, Practical Tools and Advanced Techniques for Lasting Recovery from Childhood Trauma".

This transformative workbook is designed to guide individuals who have experienced traumatizing behaviors during childhood towards lasting recovery.

Built off of the bestselling workbook “Healing Your Wounded Inner A CBT Workbook to Overcome Past Trauma, Face Abandonment and Regain Emotional Stability”, this supplementary work draws on concrete exercises, practical tools, and advanced techniques, offering a comprehensive step-by-step process to address and heal your wounded inner child for good.

In this workbook, you Find Safety and Stability: Learn how to create a safe environment and manage anxiety and panic attacks using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. Gain control over your emotions and find stability.Identify Core Wounds: Uncover the negative beliefs associated with core wounds and restructure your thinking using Cognitive Restructuring techniques. Express your emotions through art therapy and explore your feelings.Develop Emotional Regulation Techniques: Cultivate healthy coping mechanisms for managing intense emotions. Practice mindfulness techniques and incorporate Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to navigate difficult emotions effectively.Reparent Your Inner Child: Understand the impact of the inner child on your behavior patterns. Develop self-compassion, challenge negative self-talk with CBT techniques, and increase self-compassion through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).Release Shame and Guilt: Identify the sources of shame and guilt and learn forgiveness techniques for self and others. Engage in writing exercises to let go of shame and guilt and manage these emotions using Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) techniques.Set Boundaries: Recognize the importance of setting and enforcing boundaries. Identify personal boundaries and values, enhance communication skills, and build assertiveness using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) techniques.Achieve Integration and Ongoing Healing: Understand the process of integration and create a self-care plan for continued healing. Engage in guided meditation and incorporate Positive Psychology techniques to maintain inner child healing.BONUS Access to Relaxing Audio Exercises: Scan the QR code in the book and immerse yourself in guided audio exercises led by a soothing voice, enhancing your healing journey and providing a calming and supportive experience.And so much more!

Release the burden of childhood trauma, heal your wounded inner child, and embrace a life filled with self-love, emotional resilience, and freedom from past pain.

Don't let doubts hold you back from achieving lasting recovery and transformation.

146 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 16, 2023

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Maria Clarke

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508 reviews10 followers
November 27, 2023
When I first downloaded this book, I really thought it would be helpful for understanding and interacting with students in my school personnel role. Don't get me wrong, it is. Not from the role of a psychologist, but from the role as a human, education provider and parent. You really get an understanding of the "inner child" and the importance of a healthy childhood, versus one that is filled with challenges and battles. Furthermore, you get a glimpse of how these challenges and battles can impact a child/individual for years to come. For me, this is especially manifested in their education and social interaction difficulties.

This is a 3 part book series that the author offers, which is meant to function as a toolkit and information source. This is not meant to substitute for working with a psychologist, but maybe rather in tandem. Everyone's path is unique. With that said, this is a toolkit that is divided up into 7 weeks. For me, that, along with the title, is confusing and in conflict with the message that we are all unique in our struggles and our timelines.

This toolkit touches on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to self-reflection, positive psychology, creating stability and safety, meditation techniques, cognitive behavior training, exposure therapy, art therapy, emotional regulation, journaling, setting boundaries, identifying sources of shame and guilt, forgiving techniques, self-care routines, creating empathy and so much more. As you can see from this list, many of these bits of information are tools that we could all use in our toolkits from time to time.

Likes: QR codes linking you to various meditation exercises; Summaries at the end of each week to recap what you have learned; Explicit techniques

Overall, this is a quick read, broken up into small, manageable chunks and contains some information that we all could benefit from.
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Author 1 book3 followers
November 21, 2023
Empowering path to self-discovery

Empowering and inspiring change in old beliefs that holds someone back from being the creator of their own life. Maria Clarke’s “Healing Your Wounded Inner Child in 7 Weeks” gives a plus in her book by including audio exercises.

This book is emotionally uplifting, a sigh of relief. Maria Clarke establishes a connection with her readers by offering a glimpse into her own life that became a motivation for this book. This transparency is what creates a connection with her readers.

In the introduction Maria Clarke describes the inner child as “who we were in our formative years”. Then she goes on to describe that our brain is malleable and capable of change. If a belief can be learned, then it can be unlearned, and new beliefs can be formed. New beliefs that release us from our stuck state of mind. I think understanding our personal belief system is the first attribute to healing.

The wrier breaks healing down into seven-week increments. Nobody heals overnight. This acknowledges the reality that healing is a journey.

Empowerment, self-reflection, mindfulness, art therapy, healthy coping, self-love, and maintaining healthy boundaries is just a part of the seven weeks Maria Clarke empowers the reader with. This is a keeper book that can be used as a life-long reference.
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48 reviews1 follower
November 27, 2023
This is a comprehensive tool that allows you to recognize current triggers and deeply rooted childhood trauma. It provides explanations and takes you through a compassionate seven week “course” of concrete exercises, guiding the reader step-by-step with provided practical tools and techniques such as meditations and various forms of journaling (to say the least) with the intention to help heal Self and your Inner Child and move forward in lasting, loving, positive and supportive relationships. My biggest takeaway is the inspiration to write as well allowing myself the self-care in setting boundaries in my work environment and personal life, as well cutting negativity out of my life and replacing people of toxicity with a gentle, respectful, supportive circle of friends and family, and to become compassionate and kind to myself and to others. This workbook is GREAT in terms of self-help, healing, boundaries, and moving forward with compassion.

I received a copy in exchange for my honest review.
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Author 17 books6 followers
November 24, 2023
The author effectively emphasizes that at the root of healing is the component of realizing that our experiences in the early development years remain central to the core of our being. If you are seeking your authentic (true) self, this is a hopeful and interesting guidebook to reinforce support and provide informed advice to move you in the desired direction. The text reflects a journey into psychology to help heal the wounds from the formative years. The author has experienced her own challenging path of emotional battles and personal struggles. You can feel her personal connection to the text. She writes well and keeps the reader engaged. Don’t remain trapped within yourself. Let this knowledgeable, easy-to-follow, and simple-to-implement advice from an expert help you move on successfully after trauma.
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181 reviews2 followers
November 30, 2023
I found the book's approach to addressing deep-seated emotional wounds exceptionally compelling. I thought it was a great guide that seamlessly blends insightful narratives with actionable steps. The 7-week structure is not just a gimmick; it's a well-crafted journey that gently navigates you through complex emotions. What Infound to be most helpful are the concrete exercises and advanced techniques rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, that provide practical tools for lasting healing. The author has an empathetic voice that resonated with me and made me feel like I had a trusted companion to help walk me through the hard task of healing my inner child. This book a powerful toolkit for anyone seeking genuine emotional healing. I highly recommend it for its depth, clarity, and transformative impact.
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334 reviews6 followers
November 26, 2023
I find that when I typically read books like this, I already am aware of most of the information, but this one definitely had some new information and techniques I didn’t know prior. I can just tell this is written by someone who knows what they are talking about and knows how to explain it well without being repetitive. I really liked the audio components and I think this book would work even better as a whole audiobook. I really enjoyed the chapter on guilt and shame. It’s not something that I find talked about in many self-help books or at least not many that actually help to overcome. I’m not really sure I like the structure being for 7 weeks. I read this book in less than a week and in general, I don’t really think there should be a time frame on healing.
723 reviews6 followers
November 25, 2023
when trauma is validated, healing can begin!

This book is a great resource for individuals who are on a journey to heal any kind of childhood trauma or psychological/ emotional issues from the past. We know that, until those issues are made known or validated, we can’t begin the healing process. Every chapter in this book contains breaks down helpful information, tool and techniques, in the form of exercises to help in the journey. I appreciated the fact that the intro had every chapter categorized so that it’s possible to skip around. I highly recommend this super helpful workbook.
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549 reviews14 followers
November 27, 2023
Very profound and insightful

Ppl I think many of us don’t realize that our inner child shapes who we are, but how our inner child can also hold a sense of hope and possibility. The steps in this book could open a whole new world for those of us who have childhood trauma. Starting with creating safety and stability. Moving through the weekly “lessons,” I learned about core wounds, healthy coping mechanisms, how my behavior patterns are shaped by my inner child, how to create a plan for ongoing healing, and a lot of meditation and journaling practices. This book is a great reminder that life is a journey and healing is a journey, not a destination.
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154 reviews5 followers
November 21, 2023
"Healing Your Wounded Inner Child in 7 Weeks" by Maria Clarke offers a step-by-step toolkit for healing past trauma through cognitive behavioral therapy. The book provides concrete exercises, practical tools, and advanced techniques for lasting healing. Overall, the book provides a foundational education on the concept of the inner child, types of wounds, ineffective behaviors, and a process for identifying wounds and adopting more functional tools and boundaries.

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82 reviews19 followers
July 31, 2025
this is one of the rare books that are truly useful

in love how by getting a kindle version of it you also get free audio version (using both at the same time really helps you focus and emerge yourself in it)

update: dont ask me about it i dont remember
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