My Parents Keeper: Adult Children of the Emotionally Disturbed |  | Author: Eva Marian Brown
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 196213
Media: Paperback
Pages: 148
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0934986789
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.916
EAN: 9780934986786
ASIN: 0934986789
Publication Date: January 1, 1989
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This book is written for and about the many people who grew up with a parent with severe emotional problems. The book is organized in such a way that the initial chapter will give the reader a description of the typical background and problems of this group of people.. The later chapters talk about ways of overcoming these problems.
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excellent book March 22, 2007
M. B. Craddock (New York, NY USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have been searching for help on the topic of having a mentally ill parent for years and only recently found this book. It is a very valuable resource. The author is comapssionate, has a keen understanding of the problem, and can articulate what it feels like to be the child of such a troubled parent extremely well. This alone is helpful in that it helps the reader feel validated in their struggle and not so alone. The author also provides practical (to me) and useful advice and guidance in how to deal with the life-long challenge of having a mentally ill parent.
my parents keeper September 4, 2009
Sherryl L. Duncan (lake tapps wa.)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has been a life saver! I am the first born child of a mother with bipolar disorder. This book has given me such insight as to why I have taken on the burden of parenting my mother and siblings as well as often finding it difficult or next to impossible to know how or why I put others needs above my own. Living with a parent that refuses to get appropriate psyciatric care or take mood stablizing medications has a profound effect on a childs life. I am 54 and just now through the help of this book I have some answers as to why things in my chilhood and my adult life have been so disfunctional. Thank you Eva Marie Brown for shedding some light on a subject that is in such need of understanding. I would recomend this as reading to anyone who deals with a family member of even a friend of the emotionally distubed to help them understand the ways they can unwitingly become enmeshed in the confusing life of the emotionally disturbed.
Sherry Duncan, Sumner, Wa.
Extremely helpful for an ACMI August 16, 2009
Big Red (Oakland, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not only does the book talk about the patterns that ACMI's adopt in order to survive (and it is really helpful to see that it isn't just you, but a phenomenon adopted by children growing up in a chaotic household), it also talks very simply and compassionately about taking slow but effective steps to move through and eventually beyond the issues. It helps identify and acknowlege survival mechanisms (such as lack of trust, need to control, caretaker role, low self-esteem and guilt), more than focusing on dealing with the parents.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! August 11, 2009
A. Bondeson (Connecticut)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has come as a blessing in my life. I received it yesterday and have already almost finished it! As both the daughter of a troubled mother and a graduate student in counseling, this book has validated so much of my experience. What I was considering possible pathology are common traits of ACMI's....the need for control, the parentified child, intimacy issues, keen perception for other's pain/feelings yet an inability to validate my own. I have found very little written on this subject (which is sad as this book is 20 years old!)yet there are thousands upon thousands of ACMI's out there.
Excellent healing tool for professionals and survivors. May 30, 2010
cassandra wylie (Pahoa, Hawaii, US)
The author manages to transmit sensitive information and exploration in an easy to read format. An important resource for professionals or survivors of mentally ill or emotionally dysfunctional families. I ordered several copies to share with clients.
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