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Tep Complejo: De Sobrevivir a Prosperar by Pete Walker

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dreamgalaxies's review against another edition

5.0

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Required reading for anyone with trauma. No jargon, and very helpful concrete steps for healing. Helps contextualize "emotional flashbacks," which occur when past trauma surfaces in present day relationships or experiences. Some overly generalized areas, but that's inevitable for something with such a wide audience. I do wish Walker would go more into trauma experience that is not rooted in family of origin--but maybe that'll have to be another book.

Your parents can be emotionally neglectful without being bad people, or not loving you. Read This Book.

earlgreywithroom's review against another edition

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3.5

Good, but it's definitely overwhelmingly influenced by the author's specific childhood traumas despite trying to be a guide for a wide range of traumatic origins. At times it was, rather jarringly, ableist and gender-essentialist (and definitely not intersectional). But there were enough things about this book that really struck a chord with me that I'm glad I picked it up.