Stop repeating your past, and find lasting healing for the future.
Millions of us are desperately trying to rewrite our past by unconsciously repeating it—unknowingly reenacting
the traumatic events in our lives in an effort to complete unfinished business or undo what was done to us.
These unconscious efforts to undo trauma only bring more pain, more disappointment, and more psychological
damage. Reenactments can take the form of self-destructive behavior, unhealthy decisions, choosing the wrong
partners, getting stuck in repetitive emotional cycles, or sabotaging chances at success. Understanding and
eliminating these reenactments is an essential part of the healing process. Unfortunately, this topic hasn't been
addressed enough by psychotherapists and other mental health professionals.
In Put Your Past in the Past, renowned psychotherapist Beverly Engel offers the first accessible and comprehensive
book on emotional reenactments. First, the book will help readers make their unsuccessful efforts to
repair their past more conscious. Next, Engel offers powerful strategies to help readers truly heal their past,
not by unwittingly repeating it, but by attending to their original wounds, and embracing self-compassion.
Unless we process past traumas, we can't heal them. Put Your Past in the Past will help you face your past
head-on to find true and lasting wholeness.