Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents » (REV)

Nina Brown, Ed.D., LPC, NCC, is professor and eminent scholar of counseling at Old Dominion University. An expert on narcissism's effects on relationships, she is the author of ten books, including Children of the Self-Absorbed, Working with the Self-Absorbed and Whose Life is it Anyway?

A second edition of a self-help classic, Children of the Self-Absorbed offers the adult children of narcissistic parents the means to understand and cope with the behaviors and attitudes of their mothers and/or fathers while still meeting their own needs.

Acknowledgments     vii
Preface     ix
Infuriating, Critical, Demanding, and Unreasonable Parents     1
Lingering Effects of Parental Self-Absorption     29
Still Hurting: The Child as an Adult     53
Difficult Situations and How to Cope     75
Overcome the Hidden and Toxic Effects of Your Parent     99
Eight Strategies to Stop Hurting     125
Strengthen Your Self     149
Your Ideal Self: Determine the Person You Want to Be     177
Get to the Ideal: Build a New and Better Self     201
You Can Do It: Taking Charge of Your Self     225
References     251