Healing Secrets: Self-Medicating Our Most Important Relationships

Seasoned psychotherapist Jade Chris Mangus argues that most emotional suffering stems from alienation—a self-oriented pursuit of power, gain, lust, and popularity that isolates us from others. Drawing on existential psychology, twelve-step principles, and Latter-day Saint faith, he offers tools to overcome shame, forgive, embrace healthy pain, and heal through sacrifice and charity. His CORE model (Cohesiveness, Observation, Resiliency, Existential) reframes therapy as a relationship of mutual growth. A hopeful, spiritually grounded guide to loving God, yourself, and others.

• A licensed LDS therapist reveals why relationships—not techniques—are what actually heal us
• Reframes narcissistic, self-oriented culture as the root of modern loneliness and offers the antidote of charity
• Blends existential psychology, twelve-step wisdom, and gospel doctrine into a practical healing framework
• The CORE model and REAL SELF steps give readers concrete, self-applicable tools

“It is the relationship that heals, and these clients cannot do relationships.”

Perfect for an LDS adult interested in psychology and self-improvement who wants a faith-integrated framework for understanding relationships, addiction, forgiveness, and personal healing.