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Difficult mothers : understanding and overcoming their power / Terri Apter.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
155.924 APT	Adult Non Fiction		Padstow .	. Available .

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ISBN	9780393081022 (hbk.)
Name	Apter, T. E.
Title	Difficult mothers : understanding and overcoming their power / Terri Apter.
Edition	1st ed.
Published	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012
Description	xvi, 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Difficult mothers: common patterns -- The science behind a mother's power -- The angry mother -- The controlling mother -- The narcissistic mother -- The envious mother -- The emotionally unavailable mother -- Am I a difficult mother? -- Resilience.
Summary	A psychologist describes the five different types of difficult mothers, including angry, controlling, narcissistic, envious and emotionally neglectful and explains how adults can still suffer from these negative relationships and how they can overcome the challenges of their complex feelings.
Subjects	Mother and child
	Mothers -- Psychology
	Control (Psychology)
	Families -- Psychological aspects
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Control (Psychology) . Families -- Psychological aspects . Mother and child . Mothers -- Psychology . See Also: Dominance (Psychology) . Emotions . Senses and sensation . Mothers and daughters . Mothers and sons . Broader Subject References: Psychology . Narrower Subject References: Brainwashing. . Authors: Apter, T. E. .