{"product_id":"the-missing-link-stories-from-the-therapy-room-about-love-loss-and-recovery","title":"The Missing Link: Stories from the Therapy Room About Love, Loss, and Recovery","description":"What if the real wound beneath our diagnoses isn’t just trauma—it’s the absence of love?\nIn The Missing Link, mental health clinician Curtis M. Reece opens the therapy door and invites readers into the quiet, sacred space where children, teens, and adults tell the truth about their lives. Through powerful, story-driven case studies—with all names and identifying details changed to protect confidentiality—Curtis reveals a common thread running through experiences of anxiety, depression, anger, defiance, shutdown, and survival: a deep hunger for consistent, caring, empathetic love.\nYou’ll meet Julian, the boy who only felt seen when he was in trouble; Mila, the little girl who just wanted to be chosen; Jade, who had to harden her heart to feel safe; Olive, who learned to rewrite the cruel voice in her head; and many others whose lives have been shaped as much by what they didn’t receive as by what they did. Each chapter reads like a story and lands like a mirror, offering language for what so many have quietly lived.\nBlending clinical insight with warmth and honesty, The Missing Link is an easy, engaging read that never talks down to the reader. Instead, it gently shows how love—non-romantic, boundaried, and practical—interacts with mental health in real time: in classrooms, group homes, living rooms, and crisis moments.\nThis book is for:\nParents, caregivers, and guardians who want to understand the “why” behind big behaviors\nClinicians, teachers, and youth workers who are tired of feeling like behavior police and want to lead with compassion\nAdults who grew up feeling unseen, unheard, or “too much,” and are still healing from it\nThe Missing Link doesn’t pretend that love alone fixes everything. But it makes a compelling case that without love—steady, consistent, and intentional—real change rarely lasts.\nThese stories will stay with you. More importantly, they might change the way you love the people right in front of you, including yourself.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GPWM8VW4\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0GPWM8VW4.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Reece, Curtis M\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43611832647741,"sku":"BVV.B0GPWM8VW4.G","price":20.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0GPWM8VW4-0.jpg?v=1789248682","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-missing-link-stories-from-the-therapy-room-about-love-loss-and-recovery","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}