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

By: Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 238 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780393081022 (hbk.)
  • 0393081028 (hbk.)
  • 9780393345445 (pbk.)
  • 0393345440 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.9/24 23
LOC classification:
  • BF723.M55 A68 2012
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) 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.