Parents Who Bully exposes the hidden epidemic of parental emotional abuse and authoritarianism, providing crucial insights and healing strategies for those affected. Learn how to break free from toxic parenting and find the path to emotional recovery and freedom.
Uncover the truth about authoritarian parenting in Parents Who Bully. Through compelling real-life accounts and authoritative research, you’ll gain invaluable insights into the signs of emotionally abusive parents. Understand the lasting impact of authoritarian parenting styles, and discover the path to healing and emotional freedom. This eye-opening book empowers you to confront the turmoil and scars caused by parental emotional abuse, offering a guide to recovery and personal transformation.
Are you ready to break free from the chains of the authoritarian personality? Parents Who Bully equips you with the tools to recognize and overcome the toxic dynamics of your family. With expert guidance, you’ll learn how to deal with emotionally abusive parents, heal your emotional wounds, and ultimately find relief and empowerment.
Inside, you’ll find:
- In-depth insights into emotionally abusive parents and their impact on adult children
- Authoritative research and real-life accounts that demonstrate the signs of toxic parenting styles
- Practical strategies to break free from bad parents and heal deep emotional wounds
- A comprehensive roadmap for understanding, recovery, and personal growth in the face of parental emotional abuse
If you learned from reading Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents; Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members; or Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters; you’ll love Parents Who Bully.
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Table of ContentsAuthor’s Preface
Part I. The Look of Mean
- The World of Mean
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- What Family Bullies Look Like
- The Aggression Cluster
- The Exploitation Cluster
- The Narcissism Cluster
- Born in Alabama
- Daughter of a Beat
- The Pleasure She Derived
- Any Sadism Will Do
- How Can I Survive?
- Quixotic, Unclear Rules
- My Accomplishments Will Not Bring Me Happiness
- The Shaming Began
- An Empty Shell
- It Was a Pretty Typical Household
- Theft by Amphetamines
- They Dominate My Mind
- When I Felt Strong Enough
- So You Think That You’re Better Than Me?
- Snapshots of Consequences
- Eight Truths
- Create Physical Separation and Limit Contact
- Create Psychological Separation
- Practice Right Thinking
- Redesign Your Mind
- Grow Your Strength
- Enlist Allies
- Acknowledge Trauma
- Listen to Your Body
- Practice Calm Self-Awareness
- Practice Self-Care
- Stay Alert for Triggers
- Create a Support System
- Release Guilt and Shame
- Speak Up
- Honor Your Freedom
- Identify Your Life Purposes
- Live Your Life Purposes
- Dismiss Apologists
- Call Bullies on Their Behaviors
- Practice Resilience
- Think in Multiples
- The Authoritarian Wound Questionnaire
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Over de auteur
Dr. Duffy is a highly sought-after clinical psychologist, bestselling author, podcaster, certified life coach, and parenting and relationship expert. He has been working in his clinical practice with individuals, couples, teens, and families for nearly twenty-five years. Dr. Duffy’s refreshing and unique approach has provided the critical intervention and support needed to help thousands of individuals and families find their footing. Along with his clinical work, Dr. Duffy is the author of the number-one best-selling The Available Parent (Viva Editions, second edition released 2014). He is a frequent national media presence. He has been the regular parenting and relationship expert on Steve Harvey (with more than 75 appearances), and appears several times a month on WGN radio. He also appears frequently on other national and local television and radio outlets, and is cited regularly in national print and online publications. These include the Today show, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, Fox Good Day Chicago, The Jam, WGN-TV, the Morning Blend, NPR, the Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Redbook, Time, Good Housekeeping, Men’s Health, Chicago Parent, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Wired, Parenting, Your Teen, Parents, Family Circle, Chicago Sun-Times, and Real Simple magazine, among many others. As noted, he is contributor to the Pear app and co-host of the podcast with Giuliana and Bill Rancic, consults on two films on teen anxiety, and co-host of a popular podcast, better, with his wife Julie. He is also a frequent guest on other parenting and self-help podcasts. Dr. Duffy lives outside Chicago with his wife Julie and son George.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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