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Radical Recovery
A Holistic Approach to Mental Health​​
Your symptoms aren't malfunctions. They're messages.
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You've tried the medications. Done the therapy. Read the books. Some things helped at the surface but the core struggle remained.
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That's because mainstream mental health wasn't designed for people like you.
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This book offers a different path: understanding your symptoms as intelligent adaptations, healing the wounds beneath them, and building a life that honors who you actually are.
This book is for you if:
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​You've been in treatment for years but still struggle with the same patterns
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You've had multiple diagnoses and none fully capture your experience
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You're highly sensitive, neurodivergent, or carrying complex trauma that doesn't fit neat categories
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You're asking questions about meaning and purpose that your doctor can't answer
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You suspect your "treatment resistance" is actually a mismatch between you and the treatment model
It's also for therapists, providers, and loved ones who want to understand why conventional approaches aren't working.
Not another symptom management book
Root causes, not just symptoms. Most mental health books teach you to cope. This one asks why you're struggling in the first place—and what needs to heal at the deepest level.
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Symptoms as signals. Your anxiety, depression, and overwhelm aren't random. They're your system trying to tell you something. This book helps you understand what.
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Body, mind, and meaning. You can't separate nervous system regulation from trauma processing from finding purpose. Real healing integrates all three.
28 years of clinical practice. These aren't theories. These are approaches I've used with hundreds of patients the conventional system couldn't help.
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Full Table of Contents
Introduction: The Soil, Not the Weeds
Part I: Foundations Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Holistic Mental Health
Part II: Who Gets Misunderstood Chapter 2: Complex Trauma & Attachment Wounds Chapter 3: Highly Sensitive People & Empaths Chapter 4: Neurodivergence & The Masking Phenomenon Chapter 5: Existential Suffering & The Search for Meaning Chapter 6: Addiction as Self-Medication & Unmet Needs
Part III: The 5 R's — Your Healing Pathway Chapter 7: The Integrative Healing Framework Chapter 8: Recognition Chapter 9: Regulation Chapter 10: Reconnection Part 1 — Inner World & Relationships Chapter 11: Reconnection Part 2 — Coming Home to Your Body Chapter 12: Reclamation Chapter 13: Re-alignment
Part IV: Practical Guidance & Integration Chapter 14: Putting It All Together Chapter 15: The Healing Journey
Conclusion: The Path Forward
Appendices: A: Spiral Dynamics B: Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration C: Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory D: High Sensitivity — Research and Shadow
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