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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457917103321

Titolo

Poisonous parenting : toxic relationships between parents and their adult children / / Shea M. Dunham, Shannon B. Dermer, Jon Carlson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-35373-3

9786613353733

0-203-85242-7

1-136-97640-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

The family therapy and counseling series

Altri autori (Persone)

CarlsonJon

DermerShannon B

DunhamShea M

Disciplina

155.9/24

Soggetti

Parent and adult child

Parenting

Families - Psychological aspects

Family counseling

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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