Episode Description
Leigh Ann welcomes Dr. Galit Atlas back to The Accrescent Podcast to discuss her new book Come Closer and the childhood wounds that shape adult intimacy. Dr. Atlas explains how our earliest experiences with love, attachment, loss, fear, shame, and family roles become carried forward into our adult relationships, often creating the paradox of longing for closeness while also fearing it. Leigh Ann and Dr. Atlas explore several of the child self-states from the book, including the frightened child, the melancholic child, the ashamed child, the invisible child, and the chosen child. They discuss how these younger parts of us may show up as fear of intimacy, difficulty with endings, shame and blame cycles, hyper-independence, emotional hiding, enmeshment, or an inability to fully separate from a parent. Dr. Atlas also shares how therapy can become a secure base and a reliable witness, helping people identify the children they still carry and begin relating to them with more awareness and compassion. This conversation invites listeners to see their relationship patterns not as random failures, but as meaningful clues pointing back to the childhood wounds that still need to be seen, understood, and integrated.
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- New Book: Come Closer
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- Podcast Ep. 139: Dr. Galit Atlas - A Look At Dissociation, Repressed Memories and the Journey of Trauma Healing
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