After the Tears: Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Heal Their Childhood Trauma
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0757315135 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was the addiction specialist at the University of Washington's School of Social Work from 1973 to 1977, and she had the pleasure of training many of the leaders in the chemical dependency field who went on to esteemed careers in Washington and throughout the United States. Visit middeltonmozinstitute.Lorie Dwinell, M.S.W., has been a therapist in full-time private practice in Seattle since 1977, and specializes in all aspects of addictive disorders, grief, depression, stressful life events, and transitio
The trauma and grief of growing up in an alcoholic or addicted family create a lifetime of baggage. This revised and expanded edition of their groundbreaking 1986 hit After the Tears discusses the latest research and offers insights on living a good life despite a dysfunctional childhood by tackling issues such as intimacy, sibling relationships, codependency, breaking the alcoholic pattern, building a relationship with the inner child, forgiveness, and opening a window to spirituality.. You may have learned how to 'survive,' but are you 'living' your life? Do you fear normal conflict? Do you blame yourself when something goes wrongeven when it isn't your fault? Are you a chaos junkie? Or do you just fear relationships because they are too difficult or too painful? Having devoted much of their careers to working with ACOAs, therapists Jane Middelton-Moz and Lorie Dwinell now take a deeper look into the origin and cost of childhood pain, as well
She is the director of the Middelton-Moz Institute, has served on the Board of NACOA (National Association of Children of Alcoholics), and the Advisory Board of NANACOA (National Association of Native American Children of Alcoholics). Middelton-Moz has appeared on national television shows including Oprah, Maury Povich, and Montel Williams, on the Discovery Channel, and has had her own PBS special. She is recog
A Godsend. Truly. Patrick M Ryan I'll have to come back and write more about this book when I have some more time, but for now let me just say that I was amazed by how accurately aspects of my life were described by the authors-- they pegged me like no one has ever done, and once I read those many many descriptio. Consise, articulate, knowledgable and compassionate Amazon Customer I recommend this book to everyone who has experienced a dysfunctional or addicted-influenced childhood, no matter how much therapy, counseling or workshops you have attended to heal. This filled in the blanks still left from all the work I have done. It's a quick read, and I could. Mish said Absolutely wonderful, touching, helpful, and healing. This book is by far the best I have read in relation to the topic concerning anyone that has been raised in a dysfunctional family and not only those from an alcoholic one. The losses discussed by the authors are also deeply felt by adult children of depressed parents as well and