Author: Dr. Nicole Lepera

Trained as a clinical psychologist, built a very large following as The Holistic Psychologist, and wrote How to Do the Work around self-healing, inner child work and what she calls trauma bonds.The book sold enormously. It has also drawn sustained objection from other clinicians, who argue that encouraging people to heal themselves without a therapist is unsafe for the population most likely to buy it, and that several of the concepts are presented with more certainty than the evidence carries.Useful as a vocabulary for noticing patterns. Not a substitute for treatment, and worth reading with that firmly in mind.