Dysfunctional Families

Most of us know someone who, for whatever reason, always seems to cause problems, irritate others, or incite conflict....

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met or dismissed—and you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, and abandonment....

Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers yet another essential resource for adult children of emotionally immature parents....

Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact....

The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist is the most comprehensive and helpful audiobook on the topic of covert narcissism. This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious....

When you said, “I do”, you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended for it to be miserable....

Healing after narcissistic abuse is possible, and this book will show you how. Debbie Mirza shares her own personal story of healing after experiencing several narcissists throughout her life, as well as simple yet powerful techniques that she has learned through her own experience....

Jennette McCurdy erzählt herzergreifend und mit bitterem Humor von ihrem traumatischen Leben als ehemaliger Kinder-Star in "iCarly" und der...

Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from her parents and beloved sisters....

Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context....

This groundbreaking book includes four books that will teach you from start to finish, everything you need to know about Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD, as well as how to recover from each one of them....

A primer on the Family Constellations philosophy and its core principles that will inspire and empower listeners to take ownership of their lives....

The essential guide to parenting adopted and foster kids - learn to create felt safety, heal attachment trauma, and navigate challenging behaviors and triggers....

If you're constantly feeling on edge, forever working to appease your spouse to little avail and feel like you're constantly being chipped away at with their abusive behavior, then I can understand how emotionally shattering it feels to live this way....

Gaslighting is an insidious form of emotional abuse and manipulation that is difficult to recognize and even harder to break free from. That’s because it plays into one of our worst fears — of being abandoned....

Bob Rowe and his wife Mary worked hard to build their American dream. A suburban home, barbecues in the summer, and a fast track corporate job made their life look ideal to outsiders....

A highly illuminating examination of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and its insidiously traumatic impact on family members and partners. Packed with insight, compassion, and practical strategies for recovery, this is a must-listen for survivors and clinicians alike....

Sometime, somewhere, the conspiracy of silence around Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Indian homes had to be shattered. This path-breaking audiobook attempts to give that sexually abused child a powerful voice....

We’ve surely arrived at an age where cashing in on people’s innocence and naivety has been a source of livelihood for some people. Such that they’re willing to consume a standup man, ripping him apart from all the hard-earned living he earned for his children.

The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be free, peaceful, contented, and joyful....

In this gentle guide, therapist and childhood abuse expert Beverly Engel presents a mindfulness and compassion-based therapeutic approach to help you overcome the debilitating shame....

Do you have a narcissist, sociopath, or psychopath in your life, or think that you might? Do you continually feel anxious around someone in your life, but can’t pinpoint why? Listen to find out more....

Being in a relationship with a narcissist can be traumatizing. After all, you have to see them almost every day. In some cases, you can choose to cut ties with the person, but in other cases, you might not have that freedom....

Dr. David Clarke, a licensed psychologist specializing in marital therapy for more than 30 years, wants to help you make the break from your abusive relationship. Whether or not divorce is on the horizon is beside the point. You need to get out, so you can sort it out....

When your parents are pathologically self-centered, manipulative, or emotionally abusive, the pain they cause is deep and often difficult to put into words. But it was not your fault, and there are tools you can use to heal the trauma caused by your childhood.

From Erin French, owner and chef of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, comes a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal and the pleasure of bringing joy to people through food.

Eine wahre Geschichte über Gewalt und Missbrauch in der eigenen Familie. Manchen Menschen sollte man einfach keine Kinder anvertrauen... Zur Haussklavin degradiert, später Ersatzmutter für meine fünfzehn Jahre jüngere Schwester – mein Leidensweg ist lang und qualvoll. Meine Geschichte muss an die Öffentlichkeit, damit möglichst viele erfahren, was nicht nur mir, sondern gleichzeitig vielen anderen angetan wurde. Lasst uns nicht länger schweigen. Ich bin Jasmin und dies ist meine Geschichte.

We’ve surely arrived at an age where cashing in on people’s innocence and naivety has been a source of livelihood for some people. Such that they’re willing to consume a standup man, ripping him apart from all the hard-earned living he earned for his children.

Susannah Griffith wishes she had spent less time thinking about forgiveness. But as a Christian minister, a biblical scholar, and a survivor of abuse, she has learned a lot about it.

When your parents are pathologically self-centered, manipulative, or emotionally abusive, the pain they cause is deep and often difficult to put into words. You may experience anxiety, depression, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), low self-esteem, addiction, or other mental health conditions as an adult. But it was not your fault, and there are tools you can use to heal the trauma caused by your childhood.

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.

Find peace with your mother wound, with nervous-system regulating practices, rituals, and journaling prompts to peel back the layers of soul-wounds and awaken rooted wholeness. Founded in earth-based spirituality and mysticism, Transforming the Mother Wound is for anyone who seeks a gentle path to self-healing. This book is organized to help you in Remembering the Self, Finding Reconciliation with the Mother Archetype, Processing Grief and Generational Trauma, and Learning Rituals for Re-Birthing.

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach considers how characteristics such as suicidality, self-harm, persistent depression, and anxiety can have roots in behaviors and beliefs that helped patients survive their trauma. This book provides practitioners with case examples, practical tips, and techniques for applying this mindset directly to their most complex cases.

Children of Coercive Control extends Evan Stark's path-breaking analysis of interpersonal violence to children, showing that coercive control is the most important cause and context of child abuse and child homicide outside a war zone, as well as of the sexual abuse, denigration, exploitation, isolation, and subordination of children. The book provides a working model of the coercive control of children and illustrates its dynamics and consequences with dramatic cases drawn from the headlines and Dr. Stark's forensic practice.

Endlich wieder ausschlafen! Schlaf ist in der gesamten menschlichen Entwicklung sehr wichtig, damit es uns gutgeht. Dieses umfassende Schlafhörbuch für alle Altersstufen vom Neugeborenen bis zu Teenagern und Eltern beantwortet alle wichtigen Fragen rund um den Schlaf: Ab wann können und sollen Kinder in ihrem eigenen Bett schlafen? Welche Einschlafbegleitung passt für Babys, welche für Kleinkinder? Brauchen alle Kinder einen Mittagsschlaf? Wie verändert sich das Schlafverhalten in den späteren Jahren bis zur Pubertät und welche Rolle spielen dabei die sozialen Medien?

If you experienced physical or emotional abuse, neglect, or abandonment as a child, you may struggle with unhealthy relationships as an adult. Hurtful attachments with our caregivers in early childhood can lay the foundation for toxic relationships. Those experiences can even affect the way we handle conflict, our feelings toward sex, and our expectations of our partners. But this doesn't mean you can't change. This book will help you gain a greater awareness of the trauma bonds that prevent you from getting the love, safety, and security you desire.

Kaum ist das erste Kind da, wird die Beziehung des frischgebackenen Elternpaares auf die Probe gestellt. Stress, Schlafmangel und unterschiedliche Erwartungshaltungen prallen aufeinander. Wer nimmt wie lange Elternzeit? Wie können wir das Familienleben gleichberechtigt gestalten und organisieren? Wie wollen wir die Care-Arbeit aufteilen? Wie können wir rechtzeitig vorsorgen? Vor dem Hintergrund starrer gesellschaftlicher Rollenbilder und institutioneller Strukturen werden diese Fragen schnell zu Streitthemen.

Das bindungsstarke Eltern-Entlastungshörbuch zum Schmerzpunkt-Thema Nr. 1 »Erschöpfung der Eltern«. Bindung ist nicht nur kuschlig und schön, sondern auch anstrengend – nah an den Eltern wie kaum eine andere Autorin spricht Nora Imlau ein Tabu an. So ist Schätzungen zufolge heute jede fünfte Mutter akut ausgebrannt. İn ihrem neuen Buch bietet die erfolgreiche Ratgeberautorin nicht nur Lösungen für Eltern, die im Familienalltag am Limit sind, sondern auch für die Mütter und Väter, die gar nicht erst in Überforderung oder gar einen Burnout hineingeraten wollen.

Gleichberechtigung jetzt. Wer heute gleichberechtigt leben will, kann nicht auf die Politik von morgen warten, sondern muss selbst handeln. Doch wie macht man das, aus eingefahrenen Geschlechtermustern in Partnerschaft, Sorge- und Erwerbsarbeit ausbrechen? Die Autorin des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers "Raus aus der Mental Load-Falle" und Diplompsychologin Patricia Cammarata gibt Bereitwilligen den sprichwörtlichen Vorschlaghammer in die Hand, um trotz eines nervig unbeweglichen Systems neue Wege zu ebnen.

EINE WAHRE GESCHICHTE ÜBER GEWALT UND MISSBRAUCH IN DER PARTNERSCHAFT. Wenn die rosarote Brille zum ersten Mal auch andere Farben durchlässt, dann ist es oft schon zu spät. Hinter Kais attraktiver Maske und seiner Unwiderstehlichkeit verbirgt sich das nackte Grauen. Immer tiefer rutscht Anja in eine Spirale aus Manipulation, Demütigung und Gewalt, und es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis es zum Schlimmsten kommt. Drecksweib – So nannte er mich erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Frau, die mehrere Jahre an der Seite eines gefährlichen Psychopathen überlebt hat. Das ist die Geschichte von Anja.