We Don't Talk Anymore: Healing after Parents and Their Adult Children Become Estranged
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.54 (525 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1492651133 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-09-23 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
We Don't Talk Anymore will show you those first steps toward healing.. Each chapter also provides compassionate, practical insights focused on what both parents and adult children can do, including:• Finding courage to reach out to your loved one• Understanding the conflict and discovering a new and fulfilling connection• Letting go and rebuilding your lifeFamilies deserve clarity and understanding. It can mean angry silences and anguished days and nights wondering what went wrong. Becoming estranged from a parent can be equally painful for an adult child, who may miss the rela
I highly recommend it." - Joshua Coleman, PhD, author of When Parents Hurt . Wibbelsman, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco "We Don't Talk Anymore is a wise, clearly written, and helpful book for parents and adult children who are going through the trauma of estrangement. It is a great contribution to the important, but still relatively new, field of advice for families trying to reckon with this painful topic. "This well-focused book addresses so well the cataclysmic schism that often fractures the unity of an intact family. Dr. McCoy gives a glimpse into very real family dynamics of broken relationships with poignant clinical scenarios. Her expertise as a family counselor and therapist provides the reader with soothing treatment and practical approaches to understand and move forward to heal and