
"Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters" by Susan Forward is a practical guide that delves into the complex mother-daughter relationship, focusing on the impact of toxic maternal behavior on daughters' lives. Through personal stories and categorized descriptions of different types of problematic mothers, the author provides powerful tools and exercises for healing from emotional scars and setting boundaries. The writing style is described as clear, respectful, and empathetic, offering a deeper understanding of maternal relationships and attachment traumas.
Genres:
Topics:
Notes:
Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Content warnings include emotional abuse, neglect, and discussions surrounding toxic family dynamics.
From The Publisher:
With Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of the smash #1 bestseller Toxic Parents, offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters-and provides clear, effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy.
In more than 35 years as a therapist, Forward has worked with large numbers of women struggling to escape the emotional damage inflicted by the women who raised them. Subjected to years of criticism, competition, role-reversal, smothering control, emotional neglect and abuse, these women are plagued by anxiety and depression, relationship problems, lack of confidence, and difficulties with trust. They doubt their worth, and even their ability to love.
Forward examines the Narcissistic Mother, the Competitive Mother, the Overly Enmeshed mother, the Control Freak, Mothers who need Mothering, and mothers who abuse or fail to protect their daughters from abuse.
Filled with compelling case histories, Mothers Who Can't Love outlines the self-help techniques Forward has developed to transform the lives of her clients, showing women how to overcome the pain of childhood and how to act in their own best interests.
Warm and compassionate, Mothers Who Can't Love offers daughters the emotional support and tools they need to heal themselves and rebuild their confidence and self-respect.
Reader Stats (2):
Read It (1) | |
Want To Read (1) |
What can you read after
Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters?
When you click the Amazon link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commision, at no cost to you.