Relationships Matter

Like Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's groundbreaking On Death and Dying, Susan Anderson's book clearly defines the five phases of a different kind of grieving--grieving over a lost relationship. An experienced professional who has specialized in helping people with loss, heartbreak, and abandonment for more than two decades, Susan Anderson gives this subject the serious attention it deserves. The Journey From Abandonment to Healing is designed to help all victims of emotional breakups--whether they are suffering from a recent loss, or a lingering wound from the past; whether they are caught up in patterns that sabotage their own relationships, or they're in a relationship where they no longer feel loved. From the first stunning blow to starting over, it provides a complete program for abandonment recovery.

"If there can be a pill to cure the heartbreak of rejection, this book may be it."-- Rabbi Harold Kushner, bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

In the tradition of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's On Death and Dying--but dealing with the grief over the loss of a relationship
Helps readers work through the five universal phases of abandonment: shattering, withdrawal, internalizing, rage, lifting
Includes hands-on exercises for managing pain and rediscovering the capacity for love

User Reviews about The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life

The title, "Journey From Abandonment..." had me confused. I didn't think that this book applied to me, though I needed some heal in healing from my recent divorce. I decided to buy the book after reading the reviews and parts of the book excerpts available on line.

After reading the book, I recommended it to several friends who were also in various stages of healing.

This book has been invaluable to me - pointing out things about my relationship, my former spouse and how we choose the people we choose in life. It is very insightful and almost frightenly revealing as you figuratively have to look yourself in the mirror and face what stares you back.

The healing exercises were difficult to do on my first read, simply because I didn't have an idea of what an attainable life would look like at the time. Upon my 2nd & 3rd re-read of certain passages in the book, I can tell you that the healing exercises are powerful and strengthening.

I recommend this book to anyone who is recovering from loss of any type - death, divorce, loss of a relationship or loss of a loved one - because it explains what you are going through and how to handle that inner mental dialogue you have with yourself during those moments of pain, uncertainty, grief and loss.

It has helped me heal by leaps and bounds at a time and I would not have been able to recover as well without this book. This book will help... just don't get thrown off by the title or the word abandonment! -- I didn't know I needed this book

I have done a good deal of therapy over the years but never heard (or read) the specific information I read in this book. It has been incredibly helpful. I keep wondering why no other therapist had this information? I learned that abandonment has specific symptoms and results in specific relationship disabilities. Ms.Anderson clearly enumerates exercises that can help the sufferer overcome the trauma that has left such deep scars. Thank you, thank you. I have already purchased this book for another family member. -- the Journey from Abandonment to Healing

Whether you are breaking up with a mate or whether you are trying to heal from the emotional wound of abandonment in your youth, this book will have something for you. Susan Anderson takes the readers on the road to healing chapter by chapter from the immediate shock of separation to the reconnecting with the world with a healthy sense of reality. I recommend that individuals who have been abandoned anytime time in their life and have had to cope with the multiple fears that accompany that abandonment should read this book. -- Great Book

As I have read this book that a friend suggested to me, I see myself in it all over. Coming from a dysfuntional family of alcoholism and having been in relationships that have ended up in infidelity of my partners, this book has been very helpful in the healing process. I suggest this book to anyone who is going through a divorce or lost relationships. It has been very helpful.

The book arrived so quickly and in great condition. Very nice. -- Journey from Abandonment to Healing

I think this book is wonderful. Susan Anderson "hits the nail on the head" when describing the feelings associated with heartbreak. If you can get through the shattering phase this book really does help get you through the deep pain of abandonment. -- Wonderful