"Sometimes what you need most is some gentle encouragement and the guided space to write from your heart. Robert Jackman's fantastic companion workbook to Healing Your Lost Inner Child offers exactly this kind of opportunity--plus so much more. So beautifully and thoughtfully written, it will provide healing to many, many people. The exercises alone are worth much, much more than the cost of the book. It will be an essential resource for therapists and clients alike,"
--Scott Conklin, MFA, LCPC
"There must be a reason that you are looking at Healing Your Lost Inner Child. Perhaps a desire for enlightenment or a relief of pain? If so, it seems likely that you will benefit from reading it carefully. The examples given are easy to read and have real power. The underlying ideas are rational and connect with the plans for making desired changes. Whether you are lucky enough to be (partially) healed or are still embroiled in toxic drama, there is deep wisdom in this book. I know Robert as a profoundly insightful and dedicated healer with many years of experience. From that perspective he has distilled underlying truths of what exists in each of us and how it affects our outlook on life and behavior with others. He uses this knowledge to give us a way of finding insight based on our personal history. He then guides us in developing tools to foster a deep satisfaction and greater happiness--for both ourselves and our loved ones. It is a wonderful feeling to use the HEAL process road map to work through the complex maze of one's past and find the way to understanding, forgiveness, and well-being. Enjoy!"
--David Brumwell, MD
"If you make the time to work through Robert Jackman's 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
"If you've found yourself stuck in the same patterns of sadness, anger, or fear, or if you're 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
"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 and trauma therapist
As you discovered through reading Healing Your Lost Inner Child, until we do our work to examine, understand and heal our wounded inner child, this part will continue to show up in our lives. In Healing Your Lost Inner Child Companion Workbook, Psychotherapist and author Robert Jackman builds on the extensive material in the book with expanded exercises to help you better understand your inner child, yourself and your wisdom so that you feel authentic and complete.
This workbook features additional stories, examples and new concepts. You can read the Companion Workbook independently, but you will receive a deeper level of healing if you complete the exercises in the workbook as you read the book.
Part One includes all the exercises from the book. You may find that by doing the exercises a second time your inner child will reveal even more wisdom to you.
Part Two contains all new material and expands on the HEAL process, helping you develop a deeper understanding of your relationships, codependency patterns and triggers and create a self-nurturing plan.
Why I Wrote This Book and Companion Workbook: I wanted to share with others what I have learned in my search for healing my lost inner child who was emotionally frozen around the age of ten. I wanted others to know what it feels like to "come home" to oneself, to feel free, open, authentic and grounded. To heal the wounded parts or the false narratives that hold us back from living our best life possible. Like so many of us, when I was a young adult I didn't realize that I had an inner child inside of me who was carrying this emotional wounding, directing the show and making impulsive choices that my adult self would later have to clean up. I was living on autopilot, reacting out of habit. I felt unhappy and unfulfilled. I kept making falling into the same patterns, interacting with the same sorts of people or situations that were emotionally toxic. It's hard to describe what it feels like when you start to heal and feel like yourself again, when you let go of the wounded responses and take charge, set healthy boundaries and start making choices with your authentically aligned self. As time went on I was no longer confused about myself or about the choices I was making. As a Psychotherapist I have helped many people discover their wounded inner child that keeps showing up wanting acknowledgment. I saw in my patients what I saw in myself; the wounded part that did not mature emotionally. I wanted to create a book and a workbook that would combine all of the types of therapy approaches I went through myself and those I use in my office to help you explore the many dimensions of yourself in a very clear, thoughtful process. Know that you are reading this book for a reason and you are ready to explore these parts of yourself. Know that the answers are within you. All you have to do is find the courage to be vulnerable and begin the process of exploring with your lost inner child. All my best, Robert Jackman
As you discovered through reading Healing Your Lost Inner Child, until we do our work to examine, understand and heal our wounded inner child, this part will continue to show up in our lives. In Healing Your Lost Inner Child Companion Workbook, Psychotherapist and author Robert Jackman builds on the extensive material in the book with expanded exercises to help you better understand your inner child, yourself and your wisdom so that you feel authentic and complete.
This workbook features additional stories, examples and new concepts. You can read the Companion Workbook independently, but you will receive a deeper level of healing if you complete the exercises in the workbook as you read the book.
Part One includes all the exercises from the book. You may find that by doing the exercises a second time your inner child will reveal even more wisdom to you.
Part Two contains all new material and expands on the HEAL process, helping you develop a deeper understanding of your relationships, codependency patterns and triggers and create a self-nurturing plan.
You are giving yourself a great gift of healing and wholeness.
Author Robert Jackman is a board certified Psychotherapist with the National Board of Certified Counselors who has helped many people on their healing path for more than twenty years. In addition to his private practice, he has taught master's level classes at National Louis University in the Chicago area, led outpatient groups in hospitals, given lectures on mindfulness, hypnotherapy, codependency, and the role of spirituality in healing, and participated in numerous weekend retreats with Victories for Men. He brings a sense of positive psychology to his work, looking for the strengths within each person and identifying those areas that carry a false sense of self.
Robert is also a Reiki master who uses energy psychology in his practice and considers himself a codependent in recovery, always working on boundary setting, discernment and connecting with his authentic self. He lives in the far west suburbs of Chicago and in Oregon with his family. He enjoys photography, kayaking, gardening, and nurturing and delighting his inner child.