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Michelle Skeen – Love Me, Don’t Leave Me: Overcoming Fear of Abandonment and Building Lasting, Loving RelationshipsQuote:Everyone thrives on love, comfort, and the safety of family, friends, and  community. But if you are denied these basic comforts early in life, whether through a lack of physical affection or emotional bonding, you may develop intense fears of abandonment that can last well into adulthood—fears so powerful that they can actually cause you to push people away. If you suffer from fears of abandonment, you may have underlying feelings of anger, shame, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief. These emotions are intense and painful, and when they surface they can lead to a number of negative behaviors, such as jealousy, clinging, and emotional blackmail. In Love Me, Don’t Leave Me, therapist Michelle Skeen combines acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), schema therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to help you identify the root of your fears. In this book you’ll learn how schema coping behaviors—deeply entrenched and automatic behaviors rooted in childhood experiences and fears—can take over and cause you to inadvertently sabotage your relationships. By recognizing these coping behaviors and understanding their cause, you will not only gain powerful insights into your own mind, but also into the minds of those around you. If you are ready to break the self-fulfilling cycle of mistrust, clinginess, and heartbreak and start building lasting, trusting relationships, this book will be your guide.Open for everyoneNumber of pages: 202Year of publication: 2014Url: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Dont-Leave-Abandonment-Relations…Amazon rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (92 reviews)Amazon 5 star review wrote:A beautiful book full of examples and insights that will allow the reader who truly desires lasting intimacy and connection to deepen relationships, while un-learning the fear of rejection based on old conditioning. Dr. Skeen writes in a style that exudes comfort and warmth, this book will help many realize that old fears can be understood and replaced with new ways of connecting and sustaining love.Amazon 5 star review wrote:THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I honestly can’t believe how much of an impact it already is having on my life. I am in a very serious relationship but I bought this book because I have a really hard time with abandonment and I love in fear all the time. This book is already extremely helpful and I’m not even halfway thru it. I am blown away. I’m getting emotional just writing this review because anyone with these issues and fears will understand that it’s devastating and it really paralizes you. So to find a book that helps you learn your not alone and gives you ways to change your thoughts and behaviors is truly a life changer!!!! I am so greatful for this book!!!!Amazon 5 star review wrote:I recently found an underlying abandonment core belief and this book has been an eye opener on my journey to integrate.May you find peace, true LOVE, and prosperity,Aeon