You were never broken. You were hooked. And this is how you get free.
If you have ever loved someone who hurt you and still found yourself going back...
If you have ever stared at your phone, waiting for a message you know you should not want...
If you have ever asked yourself, "Why can't I just leave?"
This book was written for you.
In UNHOOKED: Breaking the Trauma Bond, Rebuilding the Woman, Dr. Sheila R. Smith, PhD-United Nations Peace Ambassador, The Overcomers Coach, and bestselling author-delivers the most comprehensive, compassionate, and clinically grounded guide to breaking a trauma bond ever written for women of faith.
Drawing on thirty years of coaching women from devastation to destiny, Dr. Sheila combines cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioral psychology, attachment theory, and prophetic spiritual insight to give you not just an explanation of what happened to your brain-but a complete system for undoing it.
Inside UNHOOKED you will find the following:
The neuroscience of why you can't just leave-and what will actually work
The no-contact protocol that sets your brain free-including what to do when he comes back
A 4-phase healing framework: Stabilize - Detach - Rebuild - Thrive
Chapters on co-parenting with a toxic ex, sex and intimacy after trauma bonding, gaslighting recovery, financial abuse, and more
The complete Hoover Survival Guide-for when he returns
Soul ties, spiritual warfare, and faith-rooted healing for women who believe
Practical tools including a No Contact Contract, Emergency Contacts page, Letter to Your Future Self, Questions to Ask a Therapist, and a 90-Day Healing Tracker
The faith-rooted, science-backed, real-talk voice of a woman who has been there
UNHOOKED is not a book of soft comfort. It is a system. A map. A way through the fog to the woman you were always meant to be.
Whether you are still in the relationship, freshly out, or have been trying to heal for years-this book meets you exactly where you are. With sixty-two chapters across seventeen parts, it is the most complete trauma bond recovery resource available for women of faith today.
You were never broken. You were hooked. Now you are free.
Dr. Sheila R. Smith, Ph.D. United Nations Peace Ambassador - The Overcomers Coach Founder, Sacred Voice Restoration(TM) SacredVoiceRestoration.com - MeetDrSheila.com