Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members : Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame after Ties Have Been Cut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Sherrie.

Contributor:

Behary, Wendy T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal conflict.

Families--Psychological aspects.

Families.

Psychological abuse.

Manipulative behavior.

Adult child abuse victims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2022.

Summary:

For many people, cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and well-being. In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist Sherrie Campbell offers readers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member, and provides powerful tools to help them heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma.

Contents:

Part 1. Making peace with your decision

Understand that severing ties is self-protection

Why you still hurt

See boundaries as good to have

The critical need to grieve

The social void of broken family bonds

Part 2. Your personal healing is now possible

The core wounds of self-doubt and unworthiness

How toxic shame develops

Leave toxic shame behind

Emotional loneliness and feelings of disconnection

Emerge from feeling broken

Moving toward empathy and self-love

The path to your deepest, most lasting connection

Part 3. Practical ways to handle the aftermath

Family members can continue to be vindictive

Handling secondary abuse: gifts and cards, financial abuse, and family illness and death

The dirty work of using people, holidays, social media, and major events

Protecting valuable relationships with nontoxic family members.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781684039296

1684039290

OCLC:

1304243976