“You Turned Out Fine:” How People Marginalize the Effects of a Toxic Childhood

“You Turned Out Fine:” How People Marginalize the Effects of a Toxic Childhood

By Peg Streep
~ 4 min read

At psychcentral.com

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/knotted/2018/02/you-turned-out-fine-how-people-marginalize-the-effects-of-a-toxic-childhood/

Self Esteem: A Family Affair

Self Esteem: A Family Affair, by Jane Illsley Clarke, MA, PhD. (1998)

This book is written for parents and describes what a child needs at each age to create a healthy self-esteem. It’s good for clients to read and think about whether they received the things needed at each age, and if not, work with their therapist to help them get those things now as adults. If the client is a parent, it can also help them with parenting.

16 Signs You Are in a Toxic Relationship

Unhealthy Relationships: 16 Signs You Are in a Toxic Relationship

By Tarra Bates-Duford, Ph.D., MFT
~ 4 min read

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationship-corner/2016/07/unhealthy-relationships-16-signs-you-are-in-a-toxic-relationship/?utm_source=Psych+Central+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=04f1cfb266-GEN_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c648d0eafd-04f1cfb266-29826629

The Childhood Experiences That Can Cut 20 Years Off Your Life

 

December 16, 2015

By Bill Frist, Contributor, covers global and domestic health care and health care reform

At Forbes.com

http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrist/2015/12/16/the-childhood-experiences-that-can-cut-20-years-off-your-life/

7 Signs You Grew Up With A Toxic Parent & Didn’t Know It

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By JR THORPE at bustle.com

LIFESTYLE

http://www.bustle.com/articles/129270-7-signs-you-grew-up-with-a-toxic-parent-didnt-know-it?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=bustle

How Adverse Childhood Experiences Affect Adult Illness

How Adverse Childhood Experiences Affect Adult Illness

donna jackson nakazawa

 

Published on Aug 5, 2015

Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of ‘Childhood Disrupted’ discusses how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect adult illness such as heart disease, autoimmune disease and cancer.

When Parents Make Children Their Friend or Spouse

When Parents Make Children Their Friend or Spouse

my mother, my mate

Posted Jul 24, 2011

By Susan Pease Gadoua, LCSW, Contemplating Divorce

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/contemplating-divorce/201107/when-parents-make-children-their-friend-or-spouse