With Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan
Forward, Ph.D., author of the smash #1 bestseller Toxic Parents,
offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have
on their daughters--and provides clear, effective techniques for
overcoming that painful legacy.
In more than 35 years as a therapist, Forward has worked with large
numbers of women struggling to escape the emotional damage inflicted by
the women who raised them. Subjected to years of criticism, competition,
role-reversal, smothering control, emotional neglect and abuse, these
women are plagued by anxiety and depression, relationship problems, lack
of confidence, and difficulties with trust. They doubt their worth, and
even their ability to love.
Forward examines the Narcissistic Mother, the Competitive Mother, the
Overly Enmeshed mother, the Control Freak, Mothers who need Mothering,
and mothers who abuse or fail to protect their daughters from abuse.
Filled with compelling case histories, Mothers Who Can't Love outlines
the self-help techniques Forward has developed to transform the lives of
her clients, showing women how to overcome the pain of childhood and how
to act in their own best interests.
Warm and compassionate, Mothers Who Can't Love offers daughters the
emotional support and tools they need to heal themselves and rebuild
their confidence and self-respect.
