"RECREATING YOUR SELF" HELP FOR ADULT CHILDREN OF DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES by NANCY J. NAPIER. W. W. NORTON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON. FIRST EDITION COPYRIGHT 1990. SYNOPSIS: IF YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD OF A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY, YOU MAY FIND THAT YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY TRUSTING OTHERS, THAT YOU CAN"T SAY NO TO UNREASONABLE DEMANDS OR ARE TRAPPED IN CARETAKING ROLES, AND THAT YOU ARE CHRONICALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH WORK AND/OR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. IN FACT, FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY WOUNDED AS CHILDREN, THE JOURNEY FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE WITH SHAME, SELF-CRITICISM, AND FEAR. BUT IT DOESN"T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. WITH THIS BOOK YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DIFFERENT JOURNEY, TO RECREATE YOUR SELF. THIS IS A JOURNEY OF SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND DISCOVERY, WHERE YOU WILL RESOLVE SOURCES OF SHAME AND SELF-BLAME THAT AROSE FROM ONGOING FAMILY INTERACTIONS AND SPECIFIC TRAUMATIC EVENTS. MOST OF ALL IT IS A JOURNEY OF HEALING. 285 PAGES IN THIS HARD BACK WITH DUST JACKET BOOK. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS! GOOD LUCK!


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