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Healing the Wounds of the Past

By The Irish Times — 1999

The cynical backlash against the success of the personal growth movement is both frustrating and painful for John Bradshaw, the psychologist and author who coined the term “inner child” and popularised the phrase “dysfunctional family.”

Read on www.irishtimes.com

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