Children of Alcoholism : : The Struggle for Self and Intimacy in Adult Life / / Barbara L. Wood.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Wood, Barbara L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; 1. ALCOHOLISM AND CO-DEPENDENCE --; 2. CO-DEPENDENT CHILDREN: CAUGHT IN AN INFINITE LOOP --; 3. A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY --; 4. USING STRUCTURAL THEORIES TO UNDERSTAND ADULT CHILDREN --; 5. THE RESTORATION OF PSYCHIC STRUCTURE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY --; 6. CLINICAL STRATEGIES FOR USE WITH ADULT CHILDREN --; 7. WHEN THE FAMILY HERO TURNS PRO: THE ADULT CHILD IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS --; REFERENCES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814770511; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814770511.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Barbara L. Wood.

In this sensitive and richly rewarding book Barbara L. Wood, a clinician with many years' experience working with adult children of the chemically dependent, gives clinicians informed and practical advice on how to treat the damaged self of these individuals. She offers strategies for intervention, along with step-by-step principles that tell the therapist how best to create an environment to help patients.