Stephanie C. (syntheticashe) reviewed Toxic Parents : Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
Ohh I used to have this book! I don't know what happened to it! I thought it was very good. It explains WHY parents (or any other adults who raised you) do what they do. So it gives you some understanding of what's going on in their head that caused them to be mean, selfish, and/or irresponsible.
Neomi M. (truecrimefan) reviewed Toxic Parents : Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life on + 115 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Excellent advice for abuse victims.This wonderful book validates the very real abuse scars left on abuse victims without laying the additional burden of "you HAVE to forgive" or "Just get over it" or "simply stop being a victim/feeling sorry for yourself" or even worse, "why dwell on it? That was years ago" that so many abuse victims get from well-meaning friends and relatives. Also exposes the many too-simplistic forms of "therapy" that survivors are often confronted with: religion as a cure-all, forgiveness.... Her advice for true healing is practical and a welcome effort to those so scarred by their childhoods.
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Helpful Score: 2
In this self-help guide, Susan Forward, Ph.D., draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patters of your relationship with your parents--and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength and emotional independence.
Who are toxic parents?
Inadequate Parents
The Controllers
The Alcoholics
The Verbal Abusers
The Physical Abusers
The Sexual Abusers
You are not to blame for what happened to you as a child--but you can do something about it now!
Who are toxic parents?
Inadequate Parents
The Controllers
The Alcoholics
The Verbal Abusers
The Physical Abusers
The Sexual Abusers
You are not to blame for what happened to you as a child--but you can do something about it now!
Lisa D. (CrazyBabies) reviewed Toxic Parents : Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life on + 23 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Review
A dynamic, powerful, hard-hitting book. It offers tremendous hope as well as understanding. It could truly be a lifesaver.
Abigail Van Buren, Dear Abby
I consider Susan Forward to be among the foremost therapists of our age.
John Bradshaw, author of Healing the Shame That Binds You and Homecoming
A dynamic, powerful, hard-hitting book. It offers tremendous hope as well as understanding. It could truly be a lifesaver.
Abigail Van Buren, Dear Abby
I consider Susan Forward to be among the foremost therapists of our age.
John Bradshaw, author of Healing the Shame That Binds You and Homecoming
Mary Elaine L. (Laney) reviewed Toxic Parents : Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life on + 911 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A dynamic, powerful, hard-hitting book.
