Becoming a Family That Heals: How to Resolve Past Issues and Free Your Future

by Tom Rodgers and Beverly Rodgers

Book Overview

Many individuals enter marriage with deep soul wounds from their families of origin. Having little or no skill in conflict resolution, communication, and problem-solving, these couples then wound each... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589975758
• ISBN13: 9781589975750
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Focus on the Family Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Like being gently lead toward healing your heart and soul

Drs. Beverly and Tom Rodgers have provided an exceptional guide to healing and understanding within a family. Through the example of the "Smith" family, the Rodgers allow you to "witness" the counseling and enlightening process. They provide "homework" exercises after the chapters to give the reader the chance to work on their own healing process. As the book progresses, the "Smith" family goes through the healing process toward wholeness. Both the husband and wife, and the children participate in the counseling sessions. Dr. Beverly Rodgers shares the true stories from her upbringing and her personal recovery. The teaching in this book is excellent. The gentle and kind guidance toward healing are hallmarks of the Rodgers techniques. Bev and Tom give hope to the hurting. I highly recommend this book.

becoming a family that heals

I found this book to be very helpful to me in personal family matters that have been troubling my family. The information was easy to understand and apply to my life.

Painful

Drs. Beverly and Tom Rodgers walk through the steps for family members with old wounds to meld into a family that heals. In addition to illustrations and examples, even personal testimonies, they follow the Smith family from the beginning to end of this process, allowing readers to relate more easily to the steps and process. To be honest, this has been a hard book to read, and even harder to review. Not because of the writing style, but because of the subject... I think I had a pretty good childhood. All five of us kids have turned out okay. I find it somewhat annoying when people start blaming all of their problems on their parents and their upbringing. My parents are even sacred cows, so to speak - don't even think of disrespecting them. No glaring wounds to speak of. Yet this book walks me through the process of realizing that I did indeed develop coping mechanisms to deal with certain of my parents' characteristics. And while I don't see myself as wounded, those coping mechanisms certainly play a role in how I react and deal with things in my own marriage - mostly in a negative way. I know I personally have a long way to go in applying the steps in this book. I still feel like "wounds" is a rather strong word. But I do know that my marriage can use some help, and I'd certainly recommend this book for others in the same boat.

Instant Insight

The authors dismantle the mystery surrounding the difficult task of becoming a healthy family. Written in story format that is easy for the non-psychologist to understand and apply. They explain specific steps to better family interaction and also show how one particular family implemented them. As a result of reading this book, I have a better understanding of my childhood hurts and how these wounds drive my reactivity in my marriage. I certainly plan to implement these steps. I have given extra copies of this insightful book to our marriage counselor and to both of my sisters. It's a must read for anyone desiring to put an end to dysfunctional family relations and replace them with understanding of self and others. Thank you Drs. Bev and Tom for sharing what you have learned in life.

A helpful non-fiction read about breaking destructive behavior patterns

Drs. Beverly and Tom Rogers have released a helpful non-fiction book titled "Becoming A Family That Heals". This non-fiction title deals with wounded people becoming whole. It presents the information that wounded people tend to gravitate toward each other and when they establish their own families, they perpetuate those wounds in their offspring. This book discusses how families can break those patterns and stop the unwanted legacy of pain. This book would be a helpful resource for someone who recognizes this issue in their own family and has a desire to discontinue these behavior patterns.