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Difficult mothers : understanding and overcoming their power / Terri Apter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 238 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0393081028 (hbk.)
  • 9780393081022 (hbk.)
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Mother love is often seen as sacred, but for many children the relationship is a painful struggle. Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter, an internationally acclaimed psychologist and writer, unlocks the mysteries of this complicated bond. She showcases the five different types of difficult mother--the angry mother, the controlling mother, the narcissistic mother, the envious mother, and the emotionally neglectful mother--and explains the patterns of behavior seen in each type. Apter also explores the dilemma at the heart of a difficult relationship: why a mother has such a powerful impact on us and why we continue to care about her responses long after we have outgrown our dependence. She then shows how we can conduct an "emotional audit" on ourselves to overcome the power of the complex feelings a difficult mother inflicts. In the end this book celebrates the great resilience of sons and daughters of difficult mothers as well as acknowledging their special challenges.

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.

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