Mean Mothers: Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt, by Peg Streep. (2009)
Category: Books
Emotional Blackmail
Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You, by Susan Forward, PhD & Donna Frazier. (1998)
Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex
Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You, by Amy J. L. Baker, PhD & Paul R. Fine, LCSW (2014)
Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder, by Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD, & Randi Kreger. (2011)
When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder, by Paul Mason, MS & Randi Kreger (2010)
Disarming the Narcissist
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed, by Wendy Terrie Behary, LCSW (author), Daniel J. Siegel, MD (Preface), and Jeffrey Young, PhD (Foreword) (2013)
Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed, Narcissistic Parents & Grandparents
Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed: A Guide to Coping with Difficult, Narcissistic Parents and Grandparents, by Nina Brown EdD LPC. (2015)
Children of the Self-Absorbed
Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up’s Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents, by Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC (2008)
The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists
The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family, by Eleanor Payson, LMSW, ACSW, LMFT. (2002)
Divorcing a Parent
Divorcing a Parent: Free Yourself from the Past and Live the Life You’ve Always Wanted, by Beverly Engel, LMFT. (2014)
Calming the Emotional Storm
Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions and Balance Your Life, by Sheri Van Dijk MSW. (2012)
A new and excellent user friendly guide to emotion regulation.
Memoir of Sexual Abuse
Fire Shut Up in My Bones, by Charles M. Blow. (2014)
Charles M. Blow is an American journalist and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
Also check out Terry Gross’s podcast on Fresh Air with the author on
September 24, 2014:
https://www.npr.org/2014/09/24/350968098/after-childhood-abuse-times-columnist-says-he-chose-life-over-vengeance