Children of Alcoholism : The Struggle for Self and Intimacy in Adult Life / Barbara L. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Barbara L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Codependency--United States--Case studies.

Codependency.

Adult children of alcoholics--United States--Case studies.

Adult children of alcoholics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this sensitive and richly rewarding book Barbara L. Wood, a clinician with many years' experience working with adult children of the chemically dependent, gives clinicians informed and practical advice on how to treat the damaged self of these individuals. She offers strategies for intervention, along with step-by-step principles that tell the therapist how best to create an environment to help patients.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. ALCOHOLISM AND CO-DEPENDENCE

2. CO-DEPENDENT CHILDREN: CAUGHT IN AN INFINITE LOOP

3. A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

4. USING STRUCTURAL THEORIES TO UNDERSTAND ADULT CHILDREN

5. THE RESTORATION OF PSYCHIC STRUCTURE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

6. CLINICAL STRATEGIES FOR USE WITH ADULT CHILDREN

7. WHEN THE FAMILY HERO TURNS PRO: THE ADULT CHILD IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [157]-159.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780814770511

0814770517

OCLC:

780425938