Changing Course, Claudia Black, PhD
Changing Course, Claudia Black, PhD
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Changing Course
Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear

Author: Claudia Black, PhD

Narrator: Randye Kaye

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/29/2021


Synopsis

In this new edition of her bestselling Changing Course, Claudia Black extends a helping hand to individuals overcoming the complex trauma of being raised with addiction in the family.

Don't talk. Don't trust. Don't feel.

Growing up in a dysfunctional family system, whether unpredictable and chaotic or overly rigid and joyless, can set the course for chronic emotional pain in adulthood. Changing Course is Claudia Black's gentle, affirming guide to healing from childhood experiences of loss, abandonment, fear, and shame. Listeners will learn four essential steps they can use to let go of old hurtful beliefs and behaviors and develop new skills for redefining self and negotiating relationships.

About Claudia Black, PhD

Claudia Black, PhD, is a renowned addiction author, speaker, and trainer internationally recognized for work with family systems and addictive disorders. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction, and correctional services as well as speaking in public forums about addiction and recovery. She speaks to thousands of people every year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peggy on January 04, 2013

This is a book that was recommended by a psychologist I saw for a while when I went through my divorce. This is the kind of self-help book that one needs to read every couple of years just to re-educate themselves with the various emotions one may feel regarding family, friends, etc. who have abando......more

Goodreads review by Jithu on November 11, 2016

The best way to hug the abandoned inner-child of you - a must read for the unwanted little souls......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on November 24, 2018

Read this in a spiritual book club. Can be intense, very reflective. I got a lot out of this book......more

Goodreads review by Sheyna on January 12, 2015

Too much focus on coming from alcoholic parents. Harder to apply it to other backgrounds.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on June 03, 2023

Yessss! This was the book I was looking for (see past reviews for a couple that didn’t quite hit the mark for me personally). I was looking for something that addressed childhood wounds, but not only within the context of extreme abuse situations. I loved her descriptions of family roles, her inclus......more