Robert Jackman - Healing Your Lost Inner Child: How to Stop Impulsive Reactions, Set Healthy Boundaries and Embrace an Authentic Life

Robert Jackmans Healing Your Lost Inner Child is a rare find among the tens of thousands of self-help books. Jackman brilliantly communicates his original ideas, concepts, and clinical direction while staying true to cutting-edge information on the subject of trauma resolution. Those suffering from attachment trauma will feel enveloped by Jackmans authentic and highly relatable passion for this subject. Readers will be forever transformed by his understanding of complex trauma and his coherent instruction on how to solve it. This brilliant book instills optimism and courage to dig deep into the shame-stained areas of your life, so that you can heal.

Ross Rosenberg, MEd, LCPC, CADC, CSAT Psychotherapist, author of The Human Magnet Syndrome: The Codependent Narcissist Trap, and creator of the Codependency Cure Treatment Program

Healing Your Lost Inner Child is a beautiful, accessible book written by a highly empathic and compassionate therapist. It flows seamlessly from beginning to end and, despite its depth, is easy to read. In his own unique, artistic way, Robert Jackman weaves his hard-won practical wisdom into the book in a helpful, concrete, and grounded way, using his own painful experiences to help others transform theirs. As I read it, I could feel the unhealed pieces of me that needed to receive it gently opening up to absorb its wisdom. Your inner child will thank you for reading this book.

Stacy Dicker, PhD, Psychologist and author of Psychstrology: Apply the Wisdom of the Cosmos to Gain Balance and Improve Your Relationships

Robert Jackman is a profoundly insightful and dedicated healer with many years of experience. In Healing Your Lost Inner Child, he has distilled underlying truths of what exists in each of us and how those truths affect our outlook on life and behavior with others. He gives us a way to find insight based on our personal history, then guides us in developing tools to foster a deep satisfaction and greater happiness for ourselves and our loved ones. It is a wonderful feeling to use the HEAL process to work through the complex maze of ones past and find the way to understanding, forgiveness, and well-being. Whether you are lucky enough to be (partially) healed or are still embroiled in toxic drama, there is deep wisdom in this book.

David Brumwell, MD

This masterpiece allows the reader to develop self-awareness in order to reach deep down, heal, and awaken into a new being. We all have our own inner guides that help us grow. Robert Jackman brings out the strengths that we already have in healing the lost part of ourselves.

Jamie Kruse, MSW, LCSW (Trauma Therapist)

If you make the time to work through Robert Jackmans Healing Your Lost Inner Child and the HEAL process, I am confident you will see profound results. This is a clear, compassionate, and effective guide to healing and thriving written by a master therapist. This book can be used as a blueprint to create an internal and external relational balance that can bring real joy. I highly recommend this gentle yet direct, trauma-informed guide to anyone looking to do the sometimes uncomfortable work of deep healing. It will be an essential resource for therapists and clients alike. The exercises alone are worth much, much more than the cost of the book.

Scott Conklin, MFA, LCPC

In Healing Your Lost Inner Child, Robert Jackman provides empathetic, step-by-step encouragement for anyone who has ever asked, Why do I always do that? Using nonjudgmental language, he gives multiple examples of real people struggling to identify the source of their childhood wounds and the boundaries they have created to protect from, and cope with, triggering events in adulthood. Identifying and healing past wounds, developing comfortable and safe boundaries for the future, and embracing an authentic life are goals toward which we all should strive. Jackman has provided us with an excellent road map for our journey.

Karen L Hawkins, Attorney at Law, JD, LLB (honorary), MBA, Former Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, Internal Revenue Service, United States Treasury Department

In Healing Your Lost Inner Child, Robert Jackman has created a comprehensive resource for therapists and those who want to heal inner wounds. Through research, stories, and case examples, Jackman helps the reader who seeks wholeness to move forward from wounds of childhood. I imagine the world will be better because of this book, as we all need to heal our lost inner child. I highly recommend this book to therapists and anyone who wishes to feel lighter.

Joe Sanok, Podcaster and Licensed Counselor, creator of Practice of the Practice

If youve found yourself stuck in the same patterns of sadness, anger, or fear, or if youre reliving the same relationship pain over and over, Healing Your Lost Inner Child is for you. Robert Jackman has created a beautiful and detailed roadmap for identifying and healing the internal dynamics that impact our repetitive and painful life patterns. It is highly accessible, user-friendly, and full of heart and hard-earned wisdom. Jackman walks us through focused exercises, and uses examples from his personal life and from case studies to bring clarity to the confusion. Inspiring and a delight to read.

Mark Pletcher, MA, LCPC Psychotherapist and Relationship Coach

Healing Your Lost Inner Child truly captures the essence and elegance of the HEAL process. Those who are committed to self-healing will find the stories relevant and the exercises enlightening.

Joel J. Hass, MD, Family Practice Physician, Nantucket, MA

Healing Your Lost Inner Child:

How to Stop Impulsive Reactions, Set Healthy Boundaries and Embrace an Authentic Life

Copyright 2020 by Robert Jackman, LCPC

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ISBN (paperback): 978-1-7354445-0-5

ISBN (ebook): 978-1-7354445-1-2

Published by Practical Wisdom Press www.theartofpracticalwisdom.com

Edited by Jessica Vineyard, Red Letter Editing, LLC, www.redletterediting.com

Book Design by Christy Collins, Constellation Book Services

To my late parents, Rose Mary and Bob Jackman, thank you for always believing in me and for filling and expanding my heart with your love. Deep within, I carry the solid foundation of family, love, and believing in myself that you both established. Thank you for always encouraging me to follow my dreams and to go for it. I miss your presence on Earth every day.

To my sister, Cindy Van Liere, thank you for always being there for me, for your spark of life and the brightness you bring to the world. Thank you for being so much more than just my sister; you are my friend. Every day in so many ways you make me proud to be your big brother. I cant imagine my life without you in it. You are a beautiful person inside and out. I love you.