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Why does our past pain continue to affect our present?
Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don't know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can't seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds.
In Why Am I Like This? seminary-trained, licensed trauma therapist Kobe Campbell helps us understand why it's so hard to break these patterns as she offers us a deeper understanding of how our past shapes our present. With tender wisdom, rare vulnerability, and profound honesty, Kobe reminds each reader that they're not alone, empowering them to step into healing with evidence-based, faith-filled coping skills and resources.
In Why Am I Like This?, you will:
gain an understanding of what trauma and healing really are, explore the roots of your dysfunctional patterns, learn how your trauma shows up in your everyday life, and find trauma-informed, faith-based coping mechanisms to heal your mind and deepen your intimacy with God.Kobe marries theological insight with therapeutic principles to give readers the tools and insights needed to begin their journey of restoration.
Author Notes
Kobe Campbell is a Charlotte-based, Ghanaian American trauma therapist (LCMHC), author, and speaker. Kobe loves helping people understand their mental health through the lens of their faith. She is the founder of The Healing Circle Therapy & Wellness Center where she and her team provide therapy, coaching, support group retreats, and organizational trainings. Kobe also hosts The Healing Circle Podcast, facilitating vulnerable conversations about mental health, faith, and relationships. She looks forward to sharing her expertise with anyone willing to learn and grow.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
In this flawed debut, trauma therapist Campbell offers advice for challenging harmful behavior patterns. One night in college, the author, who'd long struggled with depression, resolved to end her life--until a friend's text reminded her of God's love. She uses that experience as a jumping off point to outline ways to break similar trauma-based cycles. The author defines trauma in its acute (arising from a "single distressing event") and chronic (prolonged emotional or physical harm) forms, and notes how coping mechanisms can harden into harmful behavioral patterns over time. As a remedy, she recommends confronting one's trauma head-on by dismantling negative self-beliefs, discussing painful memories with a trusted friend, or drawing on faith, because "when we open our hearts to grieve with Jesus, we get to experience... divine comfort." Though Campbell's client stories prove persuasive, her mentions of faith sometimes take the discussion off-track with hazy, unhelpful musings ("Will we walk, shakily if we must, toward a Jesus whose eyes are filled with tears when we have none left?"). In an overcrowded field, this doesn't stand out. (Apr.)
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Will I Ever Feel Free? | xi |
| Understanding Our Pain | |
| 1 Trauma: How Did My Past Affect Me? | 1 |
| 2 Negative Patterns: Why Can't I Change? | 19 |
| 3 Confronting the Past: Why Can't I Enjoy the Present? | 39 |
| 4 Facing Fear: Why Am I So Afraid? | 57 |
| 5 Investigating Identity: Why is it so Hard to Love Myself? | 73 |
| Healing Our Wounds | |
| 6 Discovering the Truth: How Does God Respond to My Trauma? | 95 |
| 7 Recognizing Triggers: Why Do I React this Way? | 115 |
| 8 Grieving the Loss: What Do I Do with the Pain? | 133 |
| 9 Moving Forward: How Do I Begin Healing? | 153 |
| 10 Trusting Others With My Pain: What If I Can't Do It Alone? | 171 |
| Conclusion: Through the Mud | 187 |
| Appendix A Genesis Review | 191 |
| Appendix B Emotion Wheel | 193 |
| Acknowledgments | 195 |
| Notes | 197 |
| About the Author | 201 |
