The Emotional Incest Syndrome - Patricia Love, Jo Robinson

Written by Patricia Love, Jo Robinson
Read by Laural Merlington
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Release date: 02-21-17
Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

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.

Do these “endearments” sound familiar to you?

“Of all my children, I expect the most of you.” Translation: I’ve selected you to be the one to make my life worth living.

“You’ve never caused me a minute of trouble.” Translation: Ignore your own needs, I can’t handle them.

“You’re the only one who truly understands me.” Translation: I would be totally alone if it weren’t for you.

If so, you may have been a “chosen child”, seemingly the focus of loving and devoted parents, but in reality a child walking a psychological tightrope - learning early on to deny your own needs in order to meet the emotional needs of a parent. Today, there is a name for this devastating form of child abuse: emotional incest. Here, Dr. Patricia Love offers adults real hope - and help - in overcoming the hurtful legacy of being a chosen child. Based on proven therapeutic techniques and using real-life case histories, her total program of recovery will help you identify the signs of emotional incest, confront your parents - and your past - with love and understanding, disentangle your life from theirs, and create a positive relationship with your parents - and your own children.