Leaving Home The Art of Separating from Your Difficult Family

Name: Leaving Home The Art of Separating from Your Difficult Family
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ISBN: 9780231134774

ISBN-10: 0231134770

ISBN-13: 9780231134774

Edition: 2011

Authors: David Celani, Diethelm Knauf, Barry Moreno

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Why, after a childhood of emotional neglect and abuse, would a man move next door to the very parents who caused him pain? And how can a woman emerge from her mother's control in order to form healthy adult relationships? Giving up family attachments that failed to meet our needs as children, David Celani argues, is the hardest psychological task an adult can undertake. Yet the reality is that many adults re-create the most painful aspects of their early relationships with their parents in new relationships with peers and romantic partners, frustrating themselves and discouraging them from leaving their family of origin. Leaving Homeemphasizes the life-saving benefits of separating from…

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/23/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.23" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Building Blocks of Our Personality



How Our Defenses Play "Hide and Seek" with Reality



Staying Home



Preparing for Change



Leaving Home


References


Index