Susan Forward Livres

Réussir à se libérer de leur emprise nocive. Qu'est-ce qu'un parent "toxique" ? Il s'agit d'un père ou d'une mère qui a été dominateur, critique, manipulateur, parfois démissionnaire ou, pire encore, violent physiquement. Des attitudes, des paroles, des gestes ont pu causer des traumastismes émotionnels avec lesquels, une fois adulte, il faut apprendre à vivre. Ces blessures ont grandi avec l'adulte, modelant sa personnalité et ayant des répercussions dans sa vie familiale, sentimentale et même professionnelle. Peut-on se libérer d'un parent "toxique" ? Oui ! Il existe de nombreux moyens de s'en sortir. Susan Forward, grâce à sa longue expérience en clinique, analyse de nombreux cas d'adultes victimes de tels parents et propose les méthodes qui lui semblent avoir le mieux aidé ces adultes à se libérer de leur emprise nocive.

Focusing on the challenges posed by difficult in-laws, this book offers practical strategies for couples to navigate toxic family dynamics. Drawing from the expertise of Susan Forward, Ph.D., it provides insights and tools to strengthen relationships while managing the stress that comes from problematic family interactions. The guidance aims to empower couples to create healthier boundaries and foster a supportive partnership amidst external pressures.

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.

"If you really loved me..." "After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..." Do any of the above sound familiar? They're all examples of emotional blackmail, a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten to punish us for not doing what they want. Emotional blackmailers know how much we value our relationships with them. They know our vulnerabilities and our deepest secrets. They are our mothers, our partners, our bosses and coworkers, our friends and our lovers. And no matter how much they care about us, they use this intimate knowledge to give themselves the payoff they want: our compliance. Susan Forward knows what pushes our hot buttons. Just as John Gray illuminates the communications gap between the sexes in Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and Harriet Lerner describes an intricate dynamic in The Dance of Anger, so Susan Forward presents the anatomy of a relationship damaged by manipulation, and gives readers an arsenal of tools to fight back. In her clear, no-nonsense style, Forward provides powerful, practical strategies for blackmail targets, including checklists, practice scenarios and concrete communications techniques that will strengthen relationships and break the blackmail cycle for good.

Is this the way love is supposed to feel? • Does the man you love assume the right to control how you live and behave? • Have you given up important activities or people to keep him happy? • Is he extremely jealous and possessive? • Does he switch from charm to anger without warning? • Does he belittle your opinions, your feelings, or your accomplishments? • Does he withdraw love, money, approval, or sex to punish you? • Does he blame you for everything that goes wrong in the relationship? • Do you find yourself “walking on eggs” and apologizing all the time? If the questions here reveal a familiar pattern, you may be in love with a misogynist — a man who loves you, yet causes you tremendous pain because he acts as if he hates you. In this superb self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the voices of men and women trapped in these negative relationships to help you understand your man’s destructive pattern and the part you play in it. She shows how to break the pattern, heal the hurt, regain your self-respect, and either rebuild your relationship or find the courage to love a truly loving man.

Offers help to both obsessors and targets of obsessive love.

In "When Your Lover Is a Liar," Susan Forward, Ph.D., offers essential guidance for women facing betrayal in relationships. Through real-life stories, she explores types of liars, the impact of deception, and practical strategies for healing. Forward empowers readers to reclaim self-respect and navigate the complexities of love and trust.

Incest was once called the ultimate taboo. Today we realize that it is a reality with which millions cope on a daily basis. In this insightful and sensitive book, Dr. Susan Forward, bestselling author of Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them and renowned expert on sexual abuse and addictive relationships, uses twenty-five case histories-including father and daughter, mother and son, siblings, grandfather and granddaughter, mother and daughter, and father and son-to explore the traumatic effects of incest and to analyze its causes and consequences on every member of a family. In Betrayal of Innocence, Forward shows that the public's new awareness of the problem and increased availability of treatment can be of enormous benefit to victims and their families. By breaking the silence that has always surrounded this devastating subject, Betrayal of Innocence offers practical help and comfort to the survivors of child abuse and to those who love, live, or work with them.

Dlaczego niektórzy ludzie potrafią przytłoczyć nas emocjonalnie, sprawiając, że czujemy się jak ofiary? Dlaczego nie potrafimy się przed tym obronić? Dlaczego nigdy nie przedstawiamy swojego punktu widzenia? Dlaczego czujemy się zdezorientowani i bezsilni? Dlatego że stoi za tym sprytny szantaż emocjonalny, któremu ulegamy częściej, niż nam się wydaje. Autorki książki, Susan Forward i Donna Frazier, przedstawiają typowe zachowania szantażystów emocjonalnych, a także stosowane przez nich metody wywierania wpływu i skutki ulegania tej manipulacji. Proponują skuteczne strategie obrony przed uwikłaniem w emocjonalną zależność. Taka zależność to pułapka, w którą łatwo wpaść, ale z której dużo trudniej się uwolnić. Szantażysta doskonale wie, czego chce. Zręcznie manipuluje tak, aby zawsze postawić na swoim. Akceptuje nas wyłącznie wtedy, gdy na wszystko się zgadzamy, a kiedy nie chcemy ulec – odrzuca, grozi, karze, odwołuje się do poczucia obowiązku i wzbudza poczucie winy. Człowiek ulegający szantażowi zapomina o swoich potrzebach, uczuciach i pragnieniach, czuje się przegrany i sfrustrowany. Zrobi wszystko, by zadowolić bliską mu osobę.

Sehr hilfreich für alle, die mit ihren Schwiegereltern überfordert sind. Einerseits soll man herausfinden ob Schwiegereltern wirklich bösartig sind und sich in die Beziehung einmischen oder ob es nur kleinere Meinungsverschiedenheiten sind. Andererseits werden Strategien vorgeschlagen wie man sich verteidigt, bzw wie man dem eigenen Partner eigene Sicht auf die Situation vermittelt.