Healing the Sons and Daughters of Narcissistic Single Parents, by seasoned family therapist Dr. Mary J. Reis, is a crucial manual for recovery for single parents whose selfish, emotionally abusive, and toxic parents are intended to assist their sons and daughters reclaim their lives.
Healing the Sons and Daughters of Narcissistic Single Parents, the first book for sons and daughters who have survived the abuse of a narcissistic, self-involved single parent, gives the expert support you need to overcome this crippling history and recover your life. Dr. Mary J. Reis draws on more than two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in children's health and hundreds of interviews with suffering sons and daughters to help you recognize the widespread effects of emotional abuse and develop an individualized plan for self-protection, resolution, and complete recovery.
Narcissistic single parents educate their children that love is not unconditional, that it is only offered when they conform to maternal and paternal demands and whims. These youngsters struggle as adults to overcome feelings of inadequacy, disappointment, emotional emptiness, and unhappiness. They may also have a fear of abandonment, which leads them to develop toxic romantic relationships, as well as a proclivity for perfectionism and persistent self-criticism, as well as a proclivity for self-sabotage and frustration. Dr. Mary's step-by-step procedure will allow you to:
(1) Acknowledge your own experience with maternal and paternal narcissism, as well as the consequences it has had on every aspect of your life.
(2) Identify how you internalized verbal and nonverbal cues from your mother and father, and how these manifested as overachievement or self-sabotage.
(3) Develop a customized plan to take control of your life, improve your sense of self, establish healthy boundaries with your mother and father, and break the cycle of abuse.
Dr. Mary, who is both warm and sympathetic, brings a profound level of authority to Healing the Sons and Daughters of Narcissistic Single Parents that encourages and inspires you while assisting your recovery.
