Adult Children

by Friel, John C.; Friel, Linda D.

• ISBN13: 9780932194534
• ISBN10: 0932194532
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-02-01
• Publisher: Health Communications Inc

Summary

It is estimated that as many as 34 million people grew up in alcoholic homes. But what about the rest of us? What about families that had no alcoholism, but did have perfectionism, workaholism, compulsive overeating, intimacy problems, depression, problems in expressing feelings, plus all the other personality traits that can produce a family system much like an alcoholic one? Countless millions of us struggle with these kinds of dysfunctions every day, and until very recently we struggled alone. Pulling together both theory and clinical practice, John and Linda Friel provide a readable explanation of what happened to us and how we can rectify it.

Author Biography

John C. Friel, Ph.D. is an internationally-recognized author and speaker as well as a skilled clinician. He is a psychologist in private practice in Reno, Nevada, and St. Paul, Minnesota; has sold over 500,000 books co-authored with his wife, Linda, and is the national director of the ClearLife/Lifeworks Clinic Program. Since 1980, John has consulted, trained, conducted seminars, and presented engaging keynote addresses for business and industry, hospitals, mental health clinics, government agencies, lawyers, doctors, and many, many more.

Table of Contents

Part I Adult Children	1	(44)
1. Introduction	3	(4)
2. Two Stories	7	(10)
3. Who Are We? What Are Our Symptoms?	17	(14)
4. Some Hooks: Addictions In Particular	31	(12)
5. The Bear	43	(2)
Interlude
Part II Family Roots	45	(54)
6. Family Systems: Structure, Function, Roles, Boundaries	47	(16)
7. The Traps Get Set	63	(8)
8. When Families Get Off Course	71	(22)
9. The Goose	93	(6)
Interlude
Part III What Happens to Me?	99	(54)
10. The Denial	101	(6)
11. The Feelings	107	(10)
12. The Secrets	117	(6)
13. What Happens To Our Identity	123	(10)
14. Intimacy and Beyond	133	(16)
15. The Rabbit	149	(4)
Interlude
Part IV Beneath The Iceberg	153	(14)
16. A General Model of Adult Children and Co-dependency	155	(12)
Part V Recovering: What Do I Do Now?	167	(28)
17. Uncovering and Admitting	169	(6)
18. Working a Program	175	(10)
19. A Word About Healing and Spirituality	185	(6)
20. Kiss Your Monster on the Nose	191	(4)
Postlude
References/Bibliography	195	(2)
Appendix	197