"A profound look at the cause of inner pain." -- SUSAN FORWARD, author of Toxic Parents This practical and powerful guide to inner healing will be especially useful to anyone at a crossroads, crisis, or change-point in their personal and spiritual growth." -- HAROLD H. BLOOMFIELD, author of Making Peace With Your Parents and Lifemates The authors have made an explicit and important break with other 'child within' writers by emphasizing that it is not simply a healthy Inner Child or Inner Parent but a healthy relationship between the two that is the key to personal health... The work is practical, compelling, and very readable." -- JOHN VASCONCELLOS, California Assemblyman, 23rd District A valuable roadmap for healing the child within us." -- WALTER E. BRACKELMANNS, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles Erika Chopich and Margaret Paul show how anyone can reconnect with his or her Inner Child to short-circuit self-destructive patterns, resolve fears and conflicts, and build satisfying relationships. Healing Your Aloneness outlines a self-healing process that can be used every day to restore a nurturing balance between loving Adult and loved Inner Child.