Introduction – Purpose of the Book and Sources of Insights
Section I: About the Shift
1: Parenting in the Evolving Nest
2: Stages of the Shift
Section II: Realities of the Shift
3: The Role of Personal Experience
4: Looking Inside the Nest
5: Reminiscing about Your Parenting
Section III: The Journey
6: Challenges, Uncertainties, Fear
7: Possibilities
8: Return to the Nest
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Wendy Aronsson, LCSW, has been a licensed psychotherapist since 1981 and is in private practice in Greenwich, Connecticut. Aronsson has consulted with local schools and was an active charter member of the special education section of the Greenwich Parent-Teacher Association. In addition, she developed and facilitated the Learning Differences Network for the Junior League of Greenwich in conjunction with Greenwich Hospital. She also serves as facilitator for “The Parent Exchange” with Greenwich Hospital. Aronsson is also a guest lecturer and consultant at area schools and Parents Together, an organization sponsored by local public and independent schools.
Offering a fascinating and revealing study of a later-in-life stage
of life, Aronsson uses wit and insight to describe her notion of
"The Shift." I predict mass enjoyment of this clever and irreverent
look at what happens to moms and dads when the kids leave home.
*Carin Rubenstein, PhD, professor of psychology at Pima Community
College in Tucson, AZ and author of Beyond the Mommy Years
(2007)*
Refeathering the Empty Nest is a terrific read that offers parents
a new way of thinking and being after their last child leaves home.
Aronsson's suggestions for navigating this life transition are
touching, effective, practical, and empowering.
*Guy Winch, PhD, author of Emotional First Aid*
This book is a must for anyone wanting to understand the common
feelings and challenges facing parents and their young adult
children. Refeathering the Empty Nest provides excellent tips
for enhancing the coping skills needed for building emotional
resilience and self-confidence. While there are many books
explaining the developmental milestones of self-development
throughout adolescence, there are few resources directed toward the
modern day challenges to both young adults and their parents.
This book fills the gap and points parents in the right
direction.
*Jane Shure, PhD, LCSW, psychotherapist, leadership coach,
motivational speaker, and co-author of Inside/Outside
Self-Discovery for Teens and Effective Clinical Practice in the
Treatment of Eating Disorders*
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