Fawning - Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves – and How to Find our Way Back

Readers will learn WHY we fawn, HOW to recognize the signs of fawning and WHAT we can do to successfully 'unfawn', using Clayton's invaluable tools and resources to find meaningful, reciprocal connections - and finally be ourselves.

About the author

Ingrid Clayton, PhD is a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, California. She has been in private
practice since 2009. While continually expanding her expertise and training in trauma, Ingrid has always been interested in taking little-known concepts and expanding their reach. Her first book was based on her dissertation research on spiritual bypassing and its impact on recovery for alcoholics and addicts. Recovering Spirituality: Achieving Emotional Sobriety in Your Spiritual Practice was published by Hazelden in 2011 (6,869 in sales).

Ingrid is a regular contributor to Psychology Today where her blog has received over 1 million views. The article, "What is Self-Gaslighting?" is considered an Essential Read. This topic is related to fawning and will be highlighted in Fawning.

In 2022, Ingrid self-published a memoir, Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma which uncovers her personal experience of childhood trauma from a psychologist's perspective. Ingrid took on every aspect of this project by herself, and without a marketing team or distribution, she's sold a total of 12,437 books: 8,677 paperback and ebooks in 14 months and 3760 audiobooks in 12 months.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Clayton
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.09.2025
• EAN: 9781785123023
• ISBN: 978-1-78512-302-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SELF-HELP / General, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, SELF-HELP / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Conflict Resolution, SELF-HELP / Codependency, Self-help & personal development, Social, group or collective psychology, Relationships: friends / peer groups, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Health, Relationships and Personal development