I Thought Mommy Didn’t Want Me Anymore: A Story of Broken Attachment and Spiritual Recovery

Reverend Robert Peters comes from a long and proud line of Congregational ministers. When Rob was very young his mother suffered from a nervous system illness which interrupted the formation of the all-important mother/child bond. Like far too many of us, Rob pushed this nagging thought down again and again, plunging into his work, suppressing his pain with alcohol and denial, and not dealing directly with the issue. Eventually, he met Dr. A. and their work together has added color to his formerly black-and-white world.

I Thought Mommy Didn’t Want Me Anymore is one man’s belated coming-of-age story, as well as a helpful guide for anyone else struggling with early childhood attachment issues and a blueprint for psychologists dealing with this issue from the other side of the equation. Rob’s travels take him from smalltown Ohio to Yale to the South Pacific, to the Boston waterfront and eventually to Maryland, where he now resides.