The Breakthrough: Breaking the Spells of Painful Emotions and Finding the Calm in the Present Moment How to Build a New Outlook on Life - Hardcover

Hartman, Fredric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0595686974 ISBN 13: 9780595686971

Publisher: iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

This is a story about time, and the time travel that goes on inside our minds. It’s the story about the way our consciousness lives its life, the way it falls through the time inside our minds back into the past, helplessly, and sometimes dangerously. And it’s about the way it undertakes the heroic journey back again into this present moment, where it does its greatest work and experiences its most profound wisdom and peace. I’ve dreamed of creating a kind of experience which might help bring a reader, an audience, to see what’s at the flash point of a major personal transformation. I don’t mean just a feeling of hope or inspiration. I want for people to see―to really see―what I believe the mind looks like inside: what astounding things it’s made of, how the past lives right there inside it, and how to decipher and break that spell we call emotional pain, which comes from that past. And I also want to convey some things I’ve learned about the nature of this present moment we’re in, and how to mobilize new strength in order to feel steady, serene, resilient, and newly alive to it. And by doing this, I wanted to create something that might shorten how long it would take to reach a lasting breakthrough. ―From the Introduction “Fredric Hartman’s psychotherapy guide is, quite literally, a life-changer...you’ll probably become as mesmerized by the power and the light that shines through this book as I was. I was profoundly impacted by what I read...This is a special book...” ―READERS’ FAVORITE “Fredric Hartman’s psychotherapy guide is, quite literally, a life-changer...you’ll probably become as mesmerized by the power and the light that shines through this book as I was. I was profoundly impacted by what I read...This is a special book...” ―READERS’ FAVORITE In The Breakthrough, Dr. Fredric C. Hartman paints a compelling picture of emotional pain and its context within the human mind. Set in the dramatic backdrop of a therapy session as a stage play, featuring Dr. Hartman as the psychologist and Human Consciousness itself as “the patient,” this is a practical guide for anyone locked within the grip of troubling memories and pain. In his play, Dr. Hartman tells the story about our vulnerability to painful emotions, which flare up from the depths of our minds, casting spells over us. As the play unfolds, he develops two powerful ways to strengthen our consciousness enough to break these spells: one, by recognizing and grappling with the two surprisingly simple thoughts that lie at the heart―and generate the pain―in each of our negative emotions, and two, by learning to stay focused on the present moment―the single moment we spend our entire lives in―whose mysterious, unexpected nature he describes in vivid detail. The Breakthrough is a complete, entertaining, practical plan for how to overcome emotional distress and embrace a calmer and more fulfilling way to experience life.

About this title

Synopsis

In The Breakthrough, Dr. Fredric C. Hartman paints a compelling picture of emotional pain and its context within the human mind. Set in the dynamic backdrop of a therapy session, this is a practical guide for anyone locked within the grip of troubling memories or painful feelings. Dr. Hartman explains in the simplest terms how to decipher the disguised meaning of our painful emotions as they flare up through our minds. He sees these painful emotions as spells to be broken and has devised a way to work strength into consciousness to break these spells. Dr. Hartman builds a convincing argument that in order to truly break free of negative emotions and destructive behavior we must learn how to strengthen our consciousness enough to remain focused in the present moment, whose unexpected nature he also describes in vivid detail. The Breakthrough is a complete, entertaining, practical plan for how to overcome our emotional distress and embrace a calmer and more fulfilling way to experience life.

About the Author

Fredric C. Hartman is a clinical psychologist in private practice since 1988. He works and makes his home on Long Island, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595686974
• ISBN 13: 9780595686971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218