Chosen by Angela SchellenbergLicensed trauma therapist

Books about love addiction

Q: What is the best book to start with for love addiction?

Angela’s first pick on this shelf is Ready to Heal by Kelly McDaniel, LPC. In her words: “Written for women whose relationships keep repeating a shape they did not choose. It treats the longing as a wound with a history, not a character flaw.”

For the pattern underneath the longing.

When what we needed early goes unmet, the reaching itself can become the thing that hurts. This names it without shame.

1 book · each with Angela’s note on who it helps

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Ready to Heal Kelly McDaniel, LPC Angela saysWritten for women whose relationships keep repeating a shape they did not choose. It treats the longing as a wound with a history, not a character flaw. View on Amazon

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What is the best book to start with for love addiction?

Angela’s first pick on this shelf is Ready to Heal by Kelly McDaniel, LPC. In her words: “Written for women whose relationships keep repeating a shape they did not choose. It treats the longing as a wound with a history, not a character flaw.”

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