Difficult mothers : understanding and overcoming their power /
Apter, T. E.
Difficult mothers : understanding and overcoming their power / Terri Apter. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. - xvi, 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Difficult mothers: common patterns -- The science behind a mother's power -- The angry mother -- The controlling mother -- The narcissistic mother -- The envious mother -- The emotionally unavailable mother -- Am I a difficult mother? -- Resilience.
A psychologist describes the five different types of difficult mothers, including angry, controlling, narcissistic, envious and emotionally neglectful and explains how adults can still suffer from these negative relationships and how they can overcome the challenges of their complex feelings.
0393081028 (hbk.) 9780393081022 (hbk.)
2011048262
016048925 Uk
Control (Psychology)
Families--Psychological aspects.
Mother and child.
Mothers--Psychology.
Difficult mothers : understanding and overcoming their power / Terri Apter. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. - xvi, 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Difficult mothers: common patterns -- The science behind a mother's power -- The angry mother -- The controlling mother -- The narcissistic mother -- The envious mother -- The emotionally unavailable mother -- Am I a difficult mother? -- Resilience.
A psychologist describes the five different types of difficult mothers, including angry, controlling, narcissistic, envious and emotionally neglectful and explains how adults can still suffer from these negative relationships and how they can overcome the challenges of their complex feelings.
0393081028 (hbk.) 9780393081022 (hbk.)
2011048262
016048925 Uk
Control (Psychology)
Families--Psychological aspects.
Mother and child.
Mothers--Psychology.