Product Description
Like Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's groundbreaking On Death and Dying, Susan Anderson's book clearly defines the five phases of a different kind of grieving--grieving over a lost relationship. An experienced professional who has specialized in helping people with loss, heartbreak, and abandonment for more than two decades, Susan Anderson gives this subject the serious attention it deserves. The Journey From Abandonment to Healing is designed to help all victims of emotional breakups--whether they are suffering from a recent loss, or a lingering wound from the past; whether they are caught up in patterns that sabotage their own relationships, or they're in a relationship where they no longer feel loved. From the first stunning blow to starting over, it provides a complete program for abandonment recovery. "If there can be a pill to cure the heartbreak of rejection, this book may be it."-- Rabbi Harold Kushner, bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People In the tradition of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's On Death and Dying--but dealing with the grief over the loss of a relationship Helps readers work through the five universal phases of abandonment: shattering, withdrawal, internalizing, rage, lifting Includes hands-on exercises for managing pain and rediscovering the capacity for love

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 39 reviews)

Great Book by Philip E. Mancha (Colorado)

5 Stars
August 29, 2009
Whether you are breaking up with a mate or whether you are trying to heal from the emotional wound of abandonment in your youth, this book will have something for you. Susan Anderson takes the readers on the road to healing chapter by chapter from the immediate shock of separation to the reconnecting with the world with a healthy sense of reality. I recommend that individuals who have been abandoned anytime time in their life and have had to cope with the multiple fears that accompany that abandonment should read this book.

Journey from Abandonment to Healing by J. Fikes (Boulder Creek, Ca)

4 Stars
August 20, 2009
As I have read this book that a friend suggested to me, I see myself in it all over. Coming from a dysfuntional family of alcoholism and having been in relationships that have ended up in infidelity of my partners, this book has been very helpful in the healing process. I suggest this book to anyone who is going through a divorce or lost relationships. It has been very helpful. The book arrived so quickly and in great condition. Very nice.

Wonderful by Laurie A. Montgomery

5 Stars
August 14, 2009
I think this book is wonderful. Susan Anderson "hits the nail on the head" when describing the feelings associated with heartbreak. If you can get through the shattering phase this book really does help get you through the deep pain of abandonment.

Lots of information, hard to reconcile with my faith by Curlygirl (Washington State)

3 Stars
August 04, 2009
This book really explains the feelings a person goes through at the end of a relationship, not just the feelings, but the physical reasons why our bodies behave the way they do as we go through each stage of the cycle. After an explanation of each phase of the abandonment cycle, the author provides an exercise to help heal the brokenness and leftover hurts from childhood abandonment issues. Because so much of each exercise deal with a focus on self and you being the source of your own strength and healing, I found it difficult to reconcile the exercises with my biblical belief that my strength and my healing come from the Lord. In the exercises involving Big and Little, the things that Big often tells Little, are promises found in scripture. The exercises with Outer help me to see my own selfishness and fleshly desires. I have really struggled with the exercises, but have been greatly encouraged by reading that the feelings I experienced as I have gone through my own personal abandonments are completely normal. It also gave me understanding as to why I have physically reacted they way I have with weight loss, sleeplessness, and shaking.

The journey from Abandonment to Healing by J. Minehan (Australia)

5 Stars
July 12, 2009
This book lead me on an amazing journey that I had always hoped for.It put my pain and suffering into easy words to understand and has helped me on the road to healing that no counsellor or psychiatrist has even been able to do for me.Thank you Amazon for making this available to me and thank you Susan Anderson for your wonderful gift.

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