Adult survivors of toxic family members Tools to maintain boundaries, deal with criticism, and heal from shame after ties have been cut
Book - 2022
"For many people, cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and well-being. In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist Sherrie Campbell offers readers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member and provides powerful tools to help them heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma"--
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- Self-help publications
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Oakland, CA :
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- viii, 210 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781684039289
- Foreword
- Introduction: You Have Permission
- Part 1. Making Peace with Your Decision
- 1. Understand That Severing Ties Is Self-Protection
- 2. Why You Still Hurt
- 3. See Boundaries as Good to Have
- 4. The Critical Need to Grieve
- 5. The Social Void of Broken Family Bonds
- Part 2. Your Personal Healing Is Now Possible
- 6. The Core Wounds of Self-Doubt and Unworthiness
- 7. How Toxic Shame Develops
- 8. Leave Toxic Shame Behind
- 9. Emotional Loneliness and Feelings of Disconnection
- 10. Emerge from Feeling Broken
- 11. Moving Toward Empathy and Self-Love
- 12. The Path to Your Deepest, Most Lasting Connection
- Part 3. Practical Ways to Handle the Aftermath
- 13. Family Members Can Continue to Be Vindictive
- 14. Handling Secondary Abuse: Gifts and Cards, Financial Abuse, and Family Illness and Death
- 15. The Dirty Work of Using People, Holidays, Social Media, and Major Events
- 16. Protecting Valuable Relationships with Nontoxic Family Members
- Conclusion: The Liberation of Self-Reliance
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes