When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along

by Joshua, PhD Coleman PhD

Overview

In When Parents Hurt, psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy, and perspective to those who have lost the opportunity to be the parent they desperately wanted to be and who are mourning the loss of a harmonious relationship with their child. Through case examples and healing exercises, Dr. Coleman helps parents:

• Reduce anger, guilt, and shame
• Learn how temperament, the teen years, their own or a partner's mistakes, and divorce can strain the parent-child bond
• Come to terms with their own and their child's imperfections
• Develop strategies for rebuilding the relationship or move toward acceptance of what can't be changed

By helping parents recognize what they can do and let go of what they cannot, Dr. Coleman helps families develop more positive ways of healing themselves and relating to each other.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061148439
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	08/26/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	27,010
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in parenting, couples, families, and relationships. He is a Senior Fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families. The author of two critically acclaimed books, The Marriage Makeover and The Lazy Husband, he is a frequent contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle, and his advice has been featured in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, the Times (London), and elsewhere. He is a frequent guest on the Today show and has appeared on 20/20, Good Morning America, and many other news programs. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay area.

What People are Saying About This

Jan Levine

“This is an incredibly insightful and sensitively written analysis of a difficult subject. . . .I have recommended it to many of my clients. . . I highly recommend it to all parents who hurt.”

Steven Mintz

“Joshua Coleman’s book is a gift, offering extraordinary wisdom coupled with practical advice.”

Hara Estroff Marano

“I LOVE this book. [It] is written from such a realistic and compassionate perspective that it is heart-warming.”

Frederic Luskin

“A wise and helpful book.”

Heather Folsom

“. . .desperately needed. . . a truly great book for parents, and a great book for therapists who work with families.”

Linda Nielsen

“An especially healing, practical resource. . .for anyone exhausted by strained, hurtful relationships with their adolescent or grown child.”

Stephanie Coontz

“Exceptionally perceptive.”

Editorial Reviews

An important book that can help parents heal.

Baltimore Sun

"Exceptionally perceptive."

Stephanie Coontz

Joshua Coleman’s book is a gift, offering extraordinary wisdom coupled with practical advice.

Steven Mintz

"An especially healing, practical resource. . .for anyone exhausted by strained, hurtful relationships with their adolescent or grown child."

Doctor - Linda Nielsen

A wise and helpful book.

Frederic Luskin

I LOVE this book. [It] is written from such a realistic and compassionate perspective that it is heart-warming.

Hara Estroff Marano

". . .desperately needed. . . a truly great book for parents, and a great book for therapists who work with families."

Heather Folsom

"This is an incredibly insightful and sensitively written analysis of a difficult subject. . . .I have recommended it to many of my clients. . . I highly recommend it to all parents who hurt."

Jan Levine

An especially healing, practical resource. . .for anyone exhausted by strained, hurtful relationships with their adolescent or grown child.

—Dr. Linda Nielsen

Exceptionally perceptive.

—Stephanie Coontz

. . .desperately needed. . . a truly great book for parents, and a great book for therapists who work with families.

—Heather Folsom

This is an incredibly insightful and sensitively written analysis of a difficult subject. . . .I have recommended it to many of my clients. . . I highly recommend it to all parents who hurt.

—Jan Levine

An especially healing, practical resource. . .for anyone exhausted by strained, hurtful relationships with their adolescent or grown child.

--Dr. Linda Nielsen

Exceptionally perceptive.

--Stephanie Coontz

. . .desperately needed. . . a truly great book for parents, and a great book for therapists who work with families.

--Heather Folsom

This is an incredibly insightful and sensitively written analysis of a difficult subject. . . .I have recommended it to many of my clients. . . I highly recommend it to all parents who hurt.

--Jan Levine