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Book SynopsisThese are some of the issues addressed by the Kardeners in Breaking Free: How Chains From Childhood Keep Us From What We Want.
* Why do our best intentions so often go awry?
* What prompts people to engage in behaviors that have the opposite outcome from what they wished to have happened?
* What attracts us to our mates and then alienates us from them—only to find similar difficulties in subsequent relationships?
* How and why do we get in our own way of success? What contributes to distress within a person, between people, communities and nations?
Trade Review"Breaking Free challenges conventional wisdom. In this world of growing uncertainty, argues Dr. Kardener, only by abandoning childhood perceptions of safety will we find fulfillment in our adult life. Easily accessible and distilled from 40 years of the author’s experience as a front-line therapist and teacher, this book will be of value to laymen and professionals alike."
"Breaking Free challenges conventional wisdom. In this world of growing uncertainty, argues Dr. Kardener, only by abandoning childhood perceptions of safety will we find fulfillment in our adult life. Easily accessible and distilled from 40 years of the author’s experience as a front-line therapist and teacher, this book will be of value to laymen and professionals alike."
Peter C. Whybrow, M.D. – Director, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. Author, A Mood Apart: The Thinker’s Guide to Emotion and Its Disorder.
"This illuminating and original book...synthesizes a wide range of developmental, psychological, interpersonal, and biological views on how we start out in life, how we evolve into sometime struggling adults, and how we transcend and transform into healthier selves. Dr. Kardener’s perspective, honed over decades of psychotherapy practice and teaching...offers pathways to attaining a better life through resolving old conflicts.
Joel Yager, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado
