| Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap Contributor(s): Weinhold, Janae B. (Author), Weinhold, Barry K. (Author), Bradshaw, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1577316142 ISBN-13: 9781577316145 Publisher: New World Library OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: This best-selling book, now in a revised edition, radically challenges the prevailing medical definition of codependency as a permanent, progressive, and incurable addiction. Rather, the authors identify it as a "developmental fragment" remaining from incomplete developmental tasks during the first year of life. The first half of the book describes the developmental causes of codependency and correlates them with problems later in life such as establishing and maintaining boundaries, clinging and dependent behaviors, people-pleasing, and difficulty in achieving success in the world. The second part of the book, focusing on healing codependency, provides compelling case histories and practical experiential activities to help readers shift consciousness and transform themselves and their primary relationships. The book concludes with a chapter describing how the authors worked through their own codependent patterns. "Breaking Free of the Codependency Trap" presents a groundbreaking developmental approach to a problem that the authors believe affects the majority of Americans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Codependency |
| Dewey: 362.29 |
| LCCN: 2007045536 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This bestselling book, now in a revised edition, radically challenges the prevailing medical definition of co-dependency as a permanent, progressive, and incurable addiction. Rather, the authors identify it as the result of developmental traumas that interfered with the infant-parent bonding relationship during the first year of life. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Barry and Janae Weinhold correlate the developmental causes of co-dependency with relationship problems later in life, such as establishing and maintaining boundaries, clinging and dependent behaviors, people pleasing, and difficulty achieving success in the world. Then they focus on healing co-dependency, providing compelling case histories and practical activities to help readers heal early trauma and transform themselves and their primary relationships. Breaking Free of the Co-dependency Trap presents a groundbreaking developmental road map to guide readers away from their co-dependent behaviors and toward a life of wholeness and fulfillment. |