Why Am I Like This?: How to Break Cycles, Heal from Trauma, and Restore Your Faith

Why does our past pain continue to affect our present?

Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don’t know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can’t seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds.

In Why Am I Like This? seminary-trained, licensed trauma therapist Kobe Campbell helps us understand why it’s so hard to break these patterns as she offers us a deeper understanding of how our past shapes our present. With tender wisdom, rare vulnerability, and profound honesty, Kobe reminds each reader that they’re not alone, empowering them to step into healing with evidence-based, faith-filled coping skills and resources.

In Why Am I Like This?, you will:

• gain an understanding of what trauma and healing really are,
• explore the roots of your dysfunctional patterns,
• learn how your trauma shows up in your everyday life, and
• find trauma-informed, faith-based coping mechanisms to heal your mind and deepen your intimacy with God.

Kobe marries theological insight with therapeutic principles to give readers the tools and insights needed to begin their journey of restoration.

Kobe Campbell is a Ghanaian-American Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), trauma specialist, and bestselling author. Named one of Charlotte's Most Influential Women by Charlotte Lately magazine, Kobe uses her master of arts in Christian counseling to weave together theological insight and evidence-based therapeutic practices. The life-shifting breakthrough she’s facilitated in others has made her a decorated speaker and educator, allowing her to partner with world-class organizations like Harvard, Wake Forest University, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Kobe is the founder of The Healing Circle Therapy & Wellness Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. With kind and compassionate wisdom, she helps people experience lasting transformation after experiencing trauma, through therapy, support groups, speaking, organizational trainings, and her signature mental health and faith retreat, OASIS. Kobe loves spending her free time with her husband and kids, playing her guitar, writing poetry, or traveling. She looks forward to sharing her expertise with anyone willing to learn and grow.