Are your parents constantly trying
to control what you do or making incessant demands? Do they sometimes act in
hateful ways that make you want to run for the hills? Do they invalidate you by
questioning your intelligence, opinions, observations, or feelings?
In this new book, Dr. David
Allen—an academic psychiatrist who has studied family dysfunction for over
forty years—describes strategies for putting a stop to these repetitive problematic
interactions.
You will learn:
1.
How
to construct a family history of emotional issues (a genogram) that will help you to finally make sense of your parents’
confusing and seemingly bizarre behavior.
2.
How
to use this understanding to plan strategies and counter-strategies for disarming
your parents’ often formidable defenses in order to engage them in real problem
solving.
3.
Effective
methods for countering the ways your parents play with logic to confuse you.
4.
Effective
counter-strategies for 17 different tricks they use on you to get you to shut
up.
5.
How
to block other relatives like siblings from getting in the way of your efforts.
6.
How
your spouse or partner is embroiled in your family dysfunction, and strategies
for turning him or her from a roadblock into an ally in your efforts to
confront it.
Available now at:
Many brick-and-mortar Barnes and Noble bookstores.
Many brick-and-mortar Barnes and Noble bookstores.