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Poisonous parenting : toxic relationships between parents and their adult children / Shea M. Dunham, Shannon B. Dermer, Jon Carlson, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Family therapy and counseling series.
- The family therapy and counseling series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parent and adult child.
- Parenting.
- Families--Psychological aspects.
- Families.
- Family counseling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How does the toxicity associated with particular parenting styles affect attachment? How do the contaminated views of themselves that children of poisonous parents have affect their relationships into adulthood? Like physicians, clinicians do not want to amputate, but they sometimes find it necessary in order to preserve the health of the larger system. Poisonous Parenting shows clinicians how to recognize the effects of poisonous parenting in adult children and how to heal the scars created by parents' toxic attitudes and behaviors. Readers will come away from the book understandi
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Poisonous Parenting; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction; 1. Poisonous Parenting; 2. Compassionate Parenting; 3. Parental Presence; 4. A Brain-Based Understanding From the Cradle to the Grave; 5. Creating Secure Attachment; 6. Couples Relationships; 7. Father-Son Relationships; 8. Disconnection and Parenting; 9. Addressing Poisonous Parenting Within the African American Community; 10. Honor Thy Parents? A Religious Perspective on Poisonous Parenting; 11. Saving Oneself
- 12. Helping Clients Become Compassionate Parents, Partners, and FriendsIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-97639-6
- 1-283-35373-3
- 9786613353733
- 0-203-85242-7
- 1-136-97640-X
- 9780203852422
- OCLC:
- 767498157
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