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Children of the Self-absorbed
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A Grown-up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents
By
Nina W. Brown
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Free shipping Australia wide  Ships within 24 hours from USA supplier| Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 240 pages, 2nd Revised edition Edition | | Published In: | United States, 08 April 2008 |
Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and development. But what happens when this isn't the case? Some parents dismiss the needs of their children, asserting their own instead, demanding attention and reassurance from even very young children. This may especially be the case when a parent has narcissistic tendencies or narcissistic personality disorder. From the author of "Working with the Self-Absorbed and Loving the Self-Absorbed", this major revision of a self-help classic offers readers a step-by-step approach to resolving conflict and building a meaningful relationship with a narcissistic parent."Children of the Self-Absorbed, Second Edition", offers clear definitions of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder to help readers identify the extent of their parent's problem. Readers learn the different types of destructive narcissism and how to recognize their effects on relationships. With the aid of proven techniques, readers are assured that they are not helpless against their parent's behavior, and that they needn't consider giving up on the relationship. Instead, realistic strategies and steps are suggested for learning to set mutually agreed upon behaviors that can help fulfill the needs and expectations of both readers and their parents. Reviews"Children of narcissistic parents are provided techniques to dig themselves out of impossible relationships with their parents...a thoroughly well thought out, useful manual to help adult children move toward more productive connection to their narcissistic parents, to themselves, and to others."
--Joan Medway, Ph.D., LCSW, psychologist in private practice in Potomac, MD |
| Publisher: | New Harbinger Publications | | ISBN: | 1572245611 |
| EAN: | 9781572245617 | | Dimensions: | 22.0 x 15.0 x 1.0 centimeters (0.35 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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A very interesting read if you are looking for information on this topic. Would recommend to anyone who would like an insight into how this personality type can impact on children or anyone they relate with. Gives help on how to overcome their bad influence. Very happy with this purchase. Recommend highly.
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Comprehensive, helpful and practical advice for dealing with narcissistic parents. The book shies away from labelling parents as narcissists and instead talks about Destructive Narcissistic Pattern (DNP), a suite of behaviours that are extremely damaging and difficult to live with. This helpfully focuses attention on the behaviours rather than the person, and as a result the book has relevance for a wide range of people who have experienced some or all of the behaviours.There are useful exercises that go beyond merely identifying the damage and teach sound ways of dealing with them.
Most helpfully, the authors focus in on the ways in which the damaging behaviours of a parent with DNP affect the child and in turn create those self-same behaviours in the child. So the bulk of the book is in fact looking at how, in effect, the child can stop recreating the same beahviours they suffered at the hands of the parent. This is handled with great empathy but also firmness. After all, if the parent's behaviour isn't acceptable, it's not acceptable for the child either, no matter how much the parent is to blame.
This is very much as it says, a guide to getting over self-absorbed parents. It's not about blaming parents, or digging into where their problems originated: it's about moving forward. Highly recommended.
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