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Becoming Your Own Parent: The Solution for Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families
Becoming Your Own Parent The Solution for Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families
Author: Dennis Wholey
ISBN-13: 9780385245913
ISBN-10: 0385245912
Publication Date: 8/1988
Pages: 285
Edition: 1st ed
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
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tracymar avatar reviewed Becoming Your Own Parent: The Solution for Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families on + 408 more book reviews
Wholey's Becoming your own Parent was on its way to become a classic in the self-help field when it first came out in the late 1980s and was a Book of the Month club selections; it's still just as relevant. Explaining and clearly defining the symptoms (low self-esteem, guilt) behaviors (compulsive pleasing etc.) of children of dysfunctional families, he presents examples from group therapy sessions with 14 "adult children" - elucidating their dyfunctional patterns and providing guidance in overcoming them.
sixteendays avatar reviewed Becoming Your Own Parent: The Solution for Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families on + 130 more book reviews
Assures reader that AA and ACOA has nothing to do with God or religion. Only interviews people that constantly talk about God.