Black Swan: The Twelve Lessons of Abandonment Recovery: Featuring, the Allegory of the Little Girl on the Rock
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"Black Swan is a symbol for healing, a spirit guide for overcoming the woundedness of abandonment."
Black Swan: The Twelve Lessons of Abandonment Recovery is a self-help tool, a supplement for personal growth.
Black Swan provides twelve lessons for healing from the loss of love. It is presented as an allegorical tale of a child who meets a magical black swan after she is abandoned in the forest by her father. This story within a story includes the author's own experience with loss. The book provides emotional and spiritual healing to those going through heartbreak, loss, and abandonment.
Black Swan: The Twelve Lessons of Abandonment Recovery is a self-help tool, a supplement for personal growth.
Black Swan provides twelve lessons for healing from the loss of love. It is presented as an allegorical tale of a child who meets a magical black swan after she is abandoned in the forest by her father. This story within a story includes the author's own experience with loss. The book provides emotional and spiritual healing to those going through heartbreak, loss, and abandonment.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0967375517
ISBN13:9780967375519
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Rock Foundations Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"
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Recommended for Everyone
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Susan Anderson beautifully utilizes the power of the fable in conveying complex concepts about life, love, and loss in this easy to read story about the Black Swan. Because this book is a story and reads like one it avoids the blandness and instructional nature of other selfhelp books. By the same token the story is not abstract or meandering. The principals and recovery methods presented in the book are clearly and concisely described so that they may be easily put into practice. Furthermore, the storyline helps to make sequence of the twelve steps or lessons easy to remember. I would recommend this book to everyone.
Awesome
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Yes, awesome is how I feel about this book. The subject matter is very sensitive for me and I whole heartedly would like to encourage anyone who has been dealing with or trying to understand the depth of abandonment issues to read this book. Many thanks to Susan Anderson for writing this!
This is not a surface read! Excellent allegory--must read.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Read this when you have time to ponder the depth and scope of its meaning. I've read this story several times now and each time I discover a new treasure of meaning. Abandoment issues are all about the condition of one's heart and this beautiful allegory spins a tale to recovery. Very powerful.
An encouraging support tool in Abandonment Recovery
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book clearly defines the lessons/stages that are critical in the abandonment recovery process. I read this book to identify where I was in the process and it validated that I was on the right track. Worth the read if you are suffering from any sort of lingering or fresh abandonment pain.
Highly recommended for the non-specialist general reader.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Black Swan is designed for readers needing help with abandonment issues from childhood, as well as those currently dealing with love-loss. Susan Anderson uses an allegorical treatment approach to convent her twelve lessons of abandonment recovery developed over twenty years of research, clinical practice, and workshop experience. Black Swan is enhanced for the reader with a preface, postscript and two appendices. Each of the "twelve lessons" is clearly marked within the chapters, as well as outlined in the appendices making them readily accessible for further reflection. Black Swan is highly recommended for the non-specialist general reader struggle to cope with the emotional traumas of abandonment and loss.
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