About the Book: Clinical psychologist and fawning expert Dr. Ingrid Clayton presents Fawning, the first book to illuminate this often-misunderstood trauma response. Often mistaken for codependency, fawning is the act of finding safety in an unsafe world by constantly orienting to others—either by exaggerating desirable traits or by shrinking key aspects of the self. Drawing on personal and clinical experience, Clayton provides essential resources and tools for those who have lost intrinsic parts of themselves through self-abandonment. This book is for cycle-breakers, therapists, and anyone feeling stuck, offering a vital path toward meaningful, reciprocal connections and a true relationship to the self.