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Learn moreWhen you were a child...
—Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless?
—Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?
—Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?
—Were you often frightened of your parents?
—Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?
Now that you're an adult...
—Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?
—Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents?
—Do your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money?
—Do you feel that no matter what you do, it's never good enough for your parents?
In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents—and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.
Craig Buck, a film and television writer and producer, has also written extensively on human behavior for many national magazines and newspapers. He is coauthor, with Susan Forward, of Betrayal of Innocence and Money Demons. Craig lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
Susan Forward, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned therapist, lecturer, and author of the number one New York Times bestseller Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, as well as Betrayal of Innocence, Money Demons, Emotional Blackmail, When Your Lover Is a Liar, and Toxic In-Laws. In addition to her private practice, for five years she hosted a daily ABC talk-radio program, and has served widely as a group therapist, instructor, and consultant in many southern California medical and psychiatric facilities. Susan lives in Los Angeles.
Jo Anna Perrin is a New York-based actor, photographer, and writer. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage, in New York, Los Angeles, and regionally. Jo Anna has narrated numerous audiobooks for major publishers, small independent presses, and American and foreign university publishers. Her narrations have received critical praise from AudioFile magazine, Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Jo Anna's voice-over experience includes commercial, documentary, and animation work. As a portrait and headshot photographer, her photos have appeared in magazines and newspapers, online, and in print, including in AudioFile magazine, the Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Publishers Weekly says, "Her delivery is always confident and clear. Listeners will never be bored."