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When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along
When Parents Hurt Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along Author:Joshua Coleman In When Parents Hurt, psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy, and perspective to those who have lost the opportunity to be the parent they desperately wanted to be and who are mourning the loss of a harmonious relationship with their child. Through case examples and healing exercises, Dr. Coleman helps pare... more »nts:
Reduce anger, guilt, and shame
Learn how temperament, the teen years, their own or a partner's mistakes, and divorce can strain the parent-child bond
Come to terms with their own and their child's imperfections
Develop strategies for rebuilding the relationship or move toward acceptance of what can't be changed
By helping parents recognize what they can do and let go of what they cannot, Dr. Coleman helps families develop more positive ways of healing themselves and relating to each other.« less