Who's Really Running Your Life?

Does a furtive "false self" control you? This book shows you how to find out, and - if so - how to free your true Self to harmonize your inner family. You'll also see how to guard kids in your life from toxic false-self domination.

Peter Gerlach uses 40 years' learnings from careers in engineering, education, and psychotherapy to form the unique ideas in this book. A Stanford graduate, Peter spent 17 years working in various design, marketing, training, and management positions for GT&E and IBM. In 1979, he began studies that led to a master's degree in social work. In 1981, Peter began a private practice specializing in solving individual and stepfamily relationship problems. In 1985, he "accidentally" discovered that his parents had been functional alcoholics. That triggered a life-changing personal healing journey, including an intense study of family dysfunction, recovery, and inner family therapy. These learnings, over 400 hours of post-graduate education, and over 15,000 hours of clinical experience, underlie the premises in this book. The key premise is that you, your mate, and any kids, may be unaware of living under the control of a protective, limiting false self - and you can change that, if you wish.