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Running on empty overcome your childhood emotional neglect

"This book is not about what happened to you as a child; it's about what failed to happen for you as a child. It's an extremely subtle, almost invisible factor called emotional neglect, and it disrupts one's life in untold ways. Psychologist Jonice Webb, PhD shows how emotional neglect in childhood...

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Main Authors: Webb, Jonice (Author), Musello, Christine (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Morgan James Publishing, [2012]
Subjects:
Psychological child abuse.
Psychologically abused children.
Abused children.
Child abuse.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Emotional Neglect Questionnaire
  • Part I: Running on Empty. Why Wasn't the Tank Filled? The Ordinary Healthy Parent in Action
  • Twelve Ways to End Up Empty. Type 1: The Narcissistic Parent ; Type 2: The Authoritarian Parent ; Type 3: The Permissive Parent ; Type 4: The Bereaved Parent: Divorced or Widowed ; Type 5: The Addicted Parent ; Type 6: The Depressed Parent ; Type 7: The Workaholic Parent ; Type 8: The Parent with a Special Needs Family Member ; Type 9: The Achievement/Perfection Focused Parent ; Type 10: The Sociopathic Parent ; Type 11: Child as Parent ; Type 12: The Well-Meaning-but-Neglected-Themselves Parent
  • Part II: Out of Fuel. The Neglected Child, All Grown Up. Feelings of Emptiness ; Counter-Dependence ; Unrealistic Self-Appraisal ; No Compassion for Self, Plenty for Others ; Guilt and Shame: What is Wrong With Me? ; Self-Directed Anger, Self-Blame ; The Fatal Flaw (If People Really Know Me They Won't Like Me) ; Difficulty Nurturing Self and Others ; Poor Self-Discipline ; Alexithymia
  • Cognitive Secrets: The Special Problem of Suicidal Feelings
  • Part III: Filling the Tank. How Change Happens. Factors That Get in the Way of Successful Change
  • Why Feelings Matter and What to Do with Them. Understanding the Purpose and Value of Your Emotions ; Identifying and Naming Your Feelings ; Learning to Self-Monitor Your Feelings ; Accepting and Trusting Your Own Feelings ; Learning to Express Your Feelings Effectively ; Recognizing, Understanding and Valuing Emotions in Relationships
  • Self-Care. Learning to Nurture Yourself ; Improving Self-Discipline ; Self-Soothing ; Having Compassion for Yourself
  • Ending the Cycle: Giving Your Child What You Never Got. Your Parental Guilt ; The Changes You Have Made So Far ; Identify Your Own Specific Parenting Challenges
  • For the Therapist. Research ; Identification of Emotional Neglect ; Treatment ; Summary for the Therapist ; Conclusion.

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