New: Restoring Your Wounded Heart
Building on the heart-centered wisdom of her best-selling debut Befriending Your Inner Child, Hanan integrates insights from trauma therapy, neurobiology, scripture, and Catholic spirituality to help readers understand how trauma affects the heart—and how God gently restores what has been wounded.
Meditate with Brya
"The heart is the locus of sincerity," Pope Francis wrote in his ecyclical, Dilexit Nos (2024). In this free guided video meditation, join Brya Hanan in a quiet moment to notice what you're carrying in your heart and get a taste of the healing process that awaits you in Restoring Your Wounded Heart.
[Free] A Guided Examination of Your Wounded Heart Workbook
Deepen your self awareness with reflection questions that help you examine your heart and prepare for the healing framework offered in Restoring Your Wounded Heart.
Appendices
Explore the various appendix resources mentioned in the book.
Befriending Your Inner Child
Written in a compassionate and pastoral tone, Brya Hanan invites you to venture deep into your heart and befriend your hurts, emotional wounds, and childish behavior—or in the world of psychotherapy, your “inner child”—to reclaim your truest self, experience inner wholeness and healing, and strengthen your relationship with God and others.
Go Deeper Into Befriending Your Inner Child
From meditative videos that help you pray throughout your inner healing journey to printable meditations to take with you wherever you go, these resources bring Befriending Your Inner Child to life.
Meet the Author
Brya Hanan is a Catholic licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified family trauma specialist, and the director of Catholic Inner Child Work. She is the author of the award-winning book Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness and creator of the Spirit-Led Inner Child Work model—an integrative approach that blends trauma-informed care, nervous system awareness, parts work, and Catholic spirituality to support deep healing and restoration.
