How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children
eBook - ePub

How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children

Effective Strategies for Families in Pain

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  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children

Effective Strategies for Families in Pain

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About this book

What to Do When Parenting Gets Painfully Complicated Are your adult child's mental, emotional, and physical health issues driving you to despair? Are you tempted to bail your son or daughter out of yet another impossible circumstance? When your child has reached (or long since passed) the point of independence, it's difficult to know what your ';help' as a parent should look like. From the author of bestseller Setting Boundaries(R) with Your Adult Children, Allison Bottke now offers an in-depth guide to help you connect with your troubled adult child, and to build your confidence, knowledge, and hope in challenging situations such asdrug addictionmental and emotional disabilitiesmilitary trauma and PTSDpersonality disordersfinancial troubledepression and bipolardivorceincarcerationand so much moreWhether you're facing these problems for the first time or looking to learn more, take a step back and develop effective strategies to truly help your adult childwithout sacrificing your sanity.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. 1. This Isn’t How Life Is Supposed to Be
  8. 2. Taking Rightful Control…of Your Home, Your Story, Your Life
  9. 3. SANITY Strategies: Stop, Assemble, Nip, Implement, Trust, Yield
  10. 4. Experiencing Spiritual Growth and Establishing Healthy Boundaries
  11. 5. A Heart Guarded by God’s Love
  12. 6. Inside and Outside: What’s Really Going On?
  13. 7. Befuddled Brains: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
  14. 8. Diagnosis and Prognosis
  15. 9. Dangerous and Defiant
  16. 10. Connecting Can Be Complicated
  17. 11. Connecting Needs to Be Compassionate
  18. 12. The Power of Love and Forgiveness
  19. 13. Tough Decisions for Healthy Transformation
  20. 14. Healthy Support and Compassionate Communication
  21. 15. When Your Troubled Adult Child Lives with You
  22. 16. Put It in Writing
  23. 17. When Is It Time to Let Go?
  24. A Final Word
  25. Appendix A: SANITY Support—Residential Agreement Between Parents and Adult Children Living at Home
  26. Appendix B: Sample Letters
  27. Notes
  28. Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Childre
  29. More from Allison Bottke
  30. About the Publisher