Some really great books just keep getting better!
For seventeen years The Betrayal Bond has been the primary source for
therapists and patients wrestling the effects of emotional pain and harm
caused by exploitation from someone they trusted.
Divorce, litigation, incest and child abuse, domestic violence,
kidnapping, professional exploitation and religious abuse are all areas
of trauma bonding. These are situations and relationships of incredible
intensity or importance lend themselves more easily to an exploitation
of trust or power.
In The Betrayal Bond, Dr. Carnes presents an in-depth study of these
relationships; why they form, who is most susceptible, and how they
become so powerful. Dr. Carnes also gives a clear explanation of the
bond that compels people to tolerate the intolerable, and for the first
time, maps out the brain connection that makes being with hurtful people
comparable to 'a drug of choice.' Most importantly, Carnes provides
practical steps to identify compulsive attachment patterns and
ultimately to change or end them for good.
This new edition includes:
- New science for understanding how our brains can make a prison of bad
relationships
- New assessments and insights based on 50,000 research participants
- A new section utilizing the latest findings in attachment research and
narrative therapy to concretely rewrite and rescript bad experiences
- A redefinition of the factors contributing to addictive relationships
