Customer Reviews
Begin the rest of your life - By: Rosalyn Young, 03 Apr 2007 
by reading this gem & it's companion book, & then set off on your own path, not the path laid out for you by those who would only abuse & hurt you.
As part of the reading list when training with Penny Parks herself, it could so easily have been yet another of those so-hard-to-digest, dry & tortuous books that only ever get read in order to pass an exam. However, this is nothing of the sort, & instead includes in its clear & easy to understand English alll the information you should need to begin to regain control over your own life, & for the counsellors, alll the information, tools & guidelines for helping those who come to you for help with their abusive pasts. Anger, repressed memories, blocks to getting better alll are covered, & the counsellor is also reassured that to have tears at times when we hear the stories of horror & abuse is a natural reaction.
Highly recommended.
A wonderful tool for self-empowerment - By: Shabra Dowson, 10 Jan 2007 I've found this book reallly empowering. It talks about any form of abuse in childhood, not just sexual abuse or other extreme abuse. The main idea of the therapy is to construct a list of representative events from childhood where mistaken beliefs about yourself spring from. She suggests putting the list in reverse order of difficulty so you start with the easier ones first. For each one you use the methods she explains in some detail basicallly to re-empower the inner child. I've done three so far, the simplest was when a teacher told me off in Infants school. For each event I can now look back at them & they've become just something that happened rather than something that I feel like crying about. My list is still work-in-progress but life does look better already. My life was not as difficult as the previous reviewer but this book has still helped me enormously.
A must for those in need to find their inner chidren - By: , 14 Feb 2000 I have been in pain for years trying to work out why I did things to harm myself.I suffered years of knowing that something was different about me.It felt like I was never alone & it scared me to death at times.I would suffer panic attacks, weird memories & never know why.I started hypnotherapy & suddenly found 3 inner children.I scoured libaries for books to help me understand but they did'nt give much information & I felt very alone. I then went to our book shop in town & found this wonderful book dedicated to giving me the answers I was craving.Suddenly everything I have done good & bad in my life seemed to make sense for the first time in my whole life. I have since managed to have quite alot of feedback from my inner children & have gained knowledge of ten years of my life that I had no recollection of.I am most days still taking it step by step.I truly believe this book has saved my life.Suicide seemed the only answer at times & resulted in me taking an overdose last year.I now feel I can look to my future with hope & a better understanding.Please read this life-saving book & learn who you are & how to live with yourselves. You deserve happiness after the trauma these people have put us through. Last but not least I want to thank Penny Parks from the bottom of my heart for giving the will to survive & for giving me a special family inside of me.Good luck for the future Penny.We alll who read this book owe you so much.
