Uncaged is a groundbreaking new theory and approach to healing and integrating trauma. Much of trauma often takes place in childhood and doesn’t have to be severe abuse to leave lasting scars. Spaulding’s theory of how our psyche splinters off and creates “facets” throughout key developmental stages in childhood fills in the gaps of how various types of trauma cause arrested development and hold us back. We’ve all been told we have an inner child, but Facet Theory purports there are several inner children, all frozen in time at various stages of development. Some hide and some are vocal, attempting to run the show. Spaulding teaches us how to discover them all and bring them into the fold, making sure they feel safe and that each one gets his/her needs met. It’s only then that these orphan children can cultivate the courage to mature and integrate. Discovering your Facets and how to nurture them is a radical, yet critical form of self-care. It is truly the missing link for so many who have invested in counseling, self-help books, and workshops and still feel stuck. Can’t lose weight? Can’t stop using alcohol or drugs? Can’t seem to find lasting peace or happiness? Spaulding shares her own story along with several of her clients’ journeys of discovering Facets and integrating them into everyday awareness. The results are remarkable and empowering. "Thoroughly engrossing and eminently readable, Uncaged makes for a wonderful resource for those who have been stuck in past events from which they have been unable to free themselves. This book is a treasure trove of practical and powerful suggestions for achieving self-change and moving forward in life." The Prairies Book Review "Trauma can have a lifelong effect on people, stunting their mental, physical, emotional, or even social development to a large extent. Sparrow Spaulding is a trauma specialist who suffered from childhood trauma at an early age and continued to be roped into its vicious cycle until her adult years due to an amalgamation of events. After seeking counseling and delving into a variety of trauma-recovery tools, she discovered that when something traumatic happens to us, facets of our inner self get frozen in time. Through Uncaged, Spaulding seeks to help readers on their healing journey through her own trauma recovery model, the Facet Integration Technique. This book provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the various types of trauma, the long-term effects of violence, healing from abuse, recovering self-worth, and much more. Author Sparrow Spaulding uses anecdotes from her own life and that of her clients to paint a vivid picture of every aspect of trauma and the subsequent journey to recovery. There is much in the narrative that feels revolutionary and, at times, may even seem radical. But Spaulding backs up her beliefs with well-researched and reasoned arguments, which makes the content all the more relatable and engaging to read. Uncaged is informative and illuminating in a way that is accessible to the general public. There are questionnaires and helpful insights at the end of each chapter to help readers fully grasp the contents of each chapter. I found the book thoroughly riveting, and I highly recommend it to anyone seeking recovery from any kind of trauma." Readers' Favorite Sparrow Spaulding, MC, MS, is a retired psychotherapist and nutritionist. She is also a trauma survivor. She has spent her career helping herself and others heal and integrate trauma. After many years of various forms of counseling and therapy, Sparrow developed her own theoretical framework and technique because she was still finding herself stuck in several unhealthy patterns. It was after diving deep into this work that she was able to fully connect the dots and find the missing links to fully integrating her trauma. Little did she know, they were right inside her all along.