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Releasing What Isn't Yours

Living from Your True Self Through Multidimensional Integrative Healing
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If you've ever experienced a pivotal life event that felt as though it broke you apart and left you struggling to recover, psychologist Laurel Parnell understands. After the tragic death of her son, when expert knowledge in trauma recovery wasn't enough to reclaim her True Self,... Read More
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From a revered psychologist comes a groundbreaking, multilayered, and integrative approach for alternate paths to empowerment and healing.

From a revered psychologist comes a groundbreaking, multilayered mind-body-spirit approach for alternate paths to empowerment and healing

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If you've ever experienced a pivotal life event that felt as though it broke you apart and left you struggling to recover, psychologist Laurel Parnell understands. After the tragic death of her son, when expert knowledge in trauma recovery wasn't enough to reclaim her True Self, she embarked on a journey that led to the development of a whole new approach.

Releasing What Isn't Yours introduces Multidimensional Integrative Healing (MDIH), a powerful healing method that integrates transpersonal psychologyโ€”looking beyond ego or the sense of self to explore deep spiritual and transcendent experiencesโ€”Eastern spiritual practices, and diverse spiritual and energetic traditions of the world. Dr. Parnell also incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Attachment-Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR), her protocol variation focused on individual attachment style.

MDIH recognizes there are different dimensions of reality that exist and can be accessed for healing. These include physical, emotional, psychological, somatic, and spiritual. By understanding these various dimensions, we can better align with our inner knowing and innate healing intelligence. Come back to the version of who you know yourself to truly be. MDIH can guide you to access resources that can be called on for help when needed, engage your energetic sovereignty, release energies that don't belong to you, and finally move toward wholeness.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781649634429

Publisher: Sounds True Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 June 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Sounds True Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Laurel Parnell, PhD, is executive director of the Parnell Institute and developer of Attachment-Focused EMDR, Resource Tapping, and Multidimensional Integrative Healing. A meditation practitioner since 1973, she brings a transpersonal orientation to her teaching and clinical work. She has written and presented widely on EMDR as a transpersonal psychotherapy and is the author of Tapping In, Attachment-Focused EMDR, and more. She lives in Northern California. For more, visit parnellemdr.com.

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