Shrinking the Judge : Freeing the Inner Child

By Rick Malter and Rosalie Malter

Book Overview

Shrinking the Judge: Freeing the Inner Child describes the Judge part of everyone's personality and how the Judge dominates a person's Inner Child part. The book makes it easy for most people to gain... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966041518
• ISBN13: 9780966041514
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Education & Health Resources
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A powerful book

I haven't written a review before, but I felt compelled to say that this little book offers extremely valuable insight into how a reliance on judgement and criticism of others to defend our own self-image can be very destructive. It is helpful in limiting the damage that this coping mechanism can have in one's life. I recommend it strongly.

This book might just change your life...

I was amazed by "Shrinking the Judge." I really didnt expect too much when I first picked this book up, but a few pages in I was hooked. By the time I had finished it, I was just shaking my head in disbelief and giggling...I had quite an epiphany while reading this book! Amazing. Ive been studying myself through meditation, psychedelics, depth psychology, mysticism, world religion and philosophy, recovery, etc. basically my entire life and "Shrinking the Judge" helped me more in a few hours than anything else ever has. To my genuine astonishment, I discovered that this book was the exact conceptual monkey wrench I needed to start dismantling the mechanisms of childhood pain that have kept me depressed since about the age of 6.As the title suggests, the book is about the Judge. What is the Judge? The Judge is the pathological, anti-life part of every person whose sole function is to criticize and condemn. The Judge operates outside of your awareness, attempting to use fear and shame to take control of your life, make you miserable and stop any attempt at personal growth. If you have ever suffered from attacks of fear, hoplessness, shame, depression or a sense of worthlessness for no real reason at all, then you have met your Judge. This no-nonsense book will help you to identify your Judge, learn how it functions in your life, and then to "deflate" it--negate the power it has over you and reclaim that power for yourself. The Judge operates in darkness, terrifying your inner child. This book shows you how to turn on the light and see the Judge for what it really is, just a pile of old memories, like a TV showing scary old movies, powerless to harm you.

Describes the powerful use of imagery in healing & therapy.

The powerful use of imagery in healing is beautifully depicted in Shrinking the Judge: Freeing the Inner Child by Rick Malter, Ph.D. and Rosalie Malter, M.A. By combining unique "Judge-work" concepts that apply to all humans with Jungian Psychology, Inner Child Work, and Transpersonal Psychology, this book becomes more than just fascinating reading; it becomes an experience in personal growth. This book encourages the reader to engage in active participation. The models that come to life include a Judge, a Wounded Inner Child, a Natural Child, and a Warrior. The concepts within its pages can be applied to life at an inner personal level, to relationships, to institutional and social life, and to international relationships in the world. This book doesn't get stale. During the first reading, my mind focused on active Judge-work. I drew my Judge, felt its impact, and destroyed the illusion of its control. During the months that followed, I became acutely aware of the times my Judges became inflated. The second time I read Shrinking the Judge: Freeing the Inner Child, it seemed like a different book. I picked up a new and deeper understanding of the ploys of my Judge and was able to take my personal growth a step further. To free the Natural Child within the soul takes courage. This book guides the person ready to embark on the journey with the vision to rally all of their inner strengths into a Warrior image which can stand up to the Judge, comfort the Wounded Inner Child, and free the creative intuitive life force of the Natural, Spiritual Child within each of us. I highly recommend Shrinking the Judge: Freeing the Inner Child to all people and especially to those in the mental health profession.Pamela Re, M.A., Professional Counseling