Product Description
by Krystal Mazzola Wood (Author)
Break the cycle of toxic relationships, heal your attachment style, and build the connections you truly deserve.
If you've survived a toxic intimate relationship, you may still struggle with the lingering effects of narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, or other psychological trauma. You may feel stuck and unable to move forward in your life, experience confusion and uncertainty about your own identity, or have difficulty setting healthy boundaries with others. You aren't alone, and there is hope for happiness in your future. By understanding your own attachment style--how you have learned to interact with others based on early childhood experiences--you can begin healing.
Grounded in evidence-based attachment theory, this workbook offers essential skills to help you identify your own attachment style, move beyond psychological trauma, and boost self-confidence and self-compassion. You'll gain powerful insight into your relationship patterns, and a better understanding of why you find yourself in the same destructive cycles again and again. You'll also learn to overcome self-doubt and develop a stronger sense of identity. And, most importantly, you'll discover life-changing techniques to help you set boundaries with others and build better relationships in the future--relationships built on mutual respect, trust, and care.
Let this step-by-step workbook help you:
- Understand your attachment style
- Break free from codependency
- Get unstuck from self-doubt or low self-worth
- Create healthy, securely attached relationships
- Move on from past relationships
- Choose--and maintain--healthy love
It's time to break free from toxic relationships--once and for all. This workbook can help you find your footing as you take those important first steps on your journey toward healing, happiness, fulfillment, and the relationships you deserve.
Publisher Note: Certain assessment scales in chapter 2's "Exercise: Assess How Toxic Your Relationship Was for Your Well-Being" may be incorrect in early printings of this book, due to a mechanical error in typesetting. Please contact New Harbinger's customer service team for corrected scales. We regret the error.
Author Biography
Krystal Mazzola Wood, LMFT, is CEO of the Healthy Relationship Foundation, where she supports clients in recovering from trauma, codependency, and toxic relationships. Mazzola Wood is best-selling author of two books on codependency recovery: The Codependency Recovery Plan and The Codependency Workbook. She is also author of Setting Boundaries and Confidently Authentic, a self-love and personal growth blog for support in living intentionally and building healthy, fulfilling relationships. She lives in Phoenix, AZ, with her husband and their rescue pets: a cat and a dog.
