Toxic In-Laws

by Forward, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780060507855
• ISBN10: 0060507853
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-22
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Susan Forward's practical and powerful book will help couples cope with terrible and toxic inlaws.Toxic inlaws are inlaws who create genuine chaos through various assaultsaggressive or subtleon you and your marriage. Toxicin laws come in a wide variety of guises, " The Critics.; ", who tell you what you're doing wrong, "The Controllers.;", who try to run you and your partner's life, " The Engulfers.;", who make incessant demands on your time, " The Masters of Chaos.;", who drain you and your partner with their problems, and, " The Rejecters.;", who let you know they don't want you as part of their family.Susan Forward draws on reallife voices and stories of both women and men struggling to free themselves from the frustrating, hurtful and infuriating relationships with their toxic inlaws. Dr. Forward offers you highly effective communication and behavioral techniques for getting through to partners who won't or can't stand up to their parents. Next, she lays out accessible and practical ways to reclaim you marriage from your inlaws. She shows you what to say, what to do and what limits to set. If you follow these strategies, you may not turn toxic inlaws into the inlaws of your dreams, but you will find some peace in your relationship with them.