The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life
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The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life

Paperback – February 1, 1991

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Price
$16.39
Format
Paperback
Pages
304
Publisher
Bantam
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0553352757
Dimensions
5.3 x 0.6 x 8.1 inches
Weight
12 ounces

Description

Dr. Patriciaxa0Love grew up in Sistersville, West Virginia, and received her doctorate in counseling from West Virginia University. She is a licensed professional counselor, and a clinical member/approved supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is the author of Hot Monogamy, The Truth About Love, and The Emotional Incest Syndrome. Dr. Love currently resides in Austin, Texas, where she continues to write, practice, and consult, promoting the concept of family reconciliation and healthy family functioning. Jo Robinson is the New York Times bestselling author and coauthor of many books, including Hot Monogamy, The Emotional Incest Syndrome , Melatonin, and The Omega Diet.

Features & Highlights

  • From Dr. Patricia Love, a ground-breaking work that identifies, explores and treats the harmful effects that emotionally and psychologically invasive parents have on their children, and provides a program for overcoming the chronic problems that can result.

Customer Reviews

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Powerful book

This book addresses a common family dynamic that happens when parents try to rely on their children for emotional support. Gives a good description of the problem along with strategies to work past it.
9 people found this helpful
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Invaluable

Everyone should read this book. There is so much information in it about how healthy families behave that it would be useful even for those who have not been subject to an extremely close relationship with a parent.

Don't be put off by the title. "Emotional Incest" sounds strong and you might be tempted to believe that it doesn't apply to you. Read the back cover and decide for yourself.
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This book will actually help you.

This book is well researched, cites its sources, and provides excellent therapeutic exercises. Despite the sort of "shock value" cover/title, this is really a solid self-help book and I highly recommend it. Good balance of anecdote and fact, well paced, not repetitive, doesn't talk down to you -- I couldn't put it down.
4 people found this helpful
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A Must-Read for those with parents that play a too huge role in their lives

This book hts the mark. I had heard of the term before, but never did it really flesh itself out as well as it did as when I read this book. Dr. Love knows what she's talking about....and now I don't feel like I'm crazy.
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All You Need Is Love, Pat Love

This book sat in my bedside bookshelf for about a month because I assumed it would be a boring, pedantic read. My mistake. Pat Love is engaging, informative and reasonable - if that even makes sense. She isn't out to blame our parents, but rather believes that often they "did the best they could with what they had". That being said, it is up to us to learn, grow and change if we want to break the cycle.

If you believe you might benefit from this book, I'd say to pick up a copy today. At the very least, it's a fascinating (and relatively quick) read. At best, it might just change your life – and your child's.
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Amazing, very helpful

Great book. A must read for anyone who is ever in any relationship. Very well written so the everyday person can understand.
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Always the child.

Good book with great insights. How a parent's love can hinder you as a child and latter in life. How a dependence on a parent can be crippling. How it can make the transition from child to adult extremely difficult to almost impossible.
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Book I use in my therapy practice

One of the few good books out there on parental enmeshment. A book I recommend to some of my psychotherapy clients.
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Five Stars

I loved reading this book and the education I gained from reading it's pages.
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Wonderful book

Awesome book. Opened my eyes and led to healing.

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