Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself The Power To Change The Way You Love - Tapa blanda

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This is a brilliant new guide to understanding the origins of codependence and the path to recovery by a nationally recognised authority on dependency and addiction. In this fresh new look at codependence, Pia Mellody traces the origins of this illness back to childhood, describing a whole range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual abuses. Because of these earlier experiences, codependent adults often lack the skills necessary to lead mature lives and have satisfying relationships. Recovery from codependence comes from clearing up the toxic feelings left over from childhood and learning to reparent oneself by intervening on the adult symptoms of codependence. Central to Mellody's concept is the idea of the precious child that needs healing within each adult. She creates a framework for identifying codependent behavior and describes an effective approach to recovery that includes both therapy and self-help processes. Designed to be used with her new workbook for codependents, "Breaking Free", this is a powerful tool for understanding the nature of codependence.

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LETTING GO OF 'TOXIC LOVE'

This groundbreaking exploration from the author of the best-selling 'Facing Codependence' and 'Breaking Free' unravels the intricate and debilitating dynamics of co-addicted relationships.

Mellody clearly outlines the 'toxic' patterns played out by Love Addicts and the unresponsive Avoidance Addicts to whom they are painfully and repeatedly drawn. She shares personal experience and real case histories that

· Clarify the distinctions between codependence (how our relationship with our self fails) and co-addiction (how our relations with others become unhealthy entanglements)
· Describe how 'love at first sight' can be the first step in the addictive cycle of attraction, fantasy, denial, and obsession
· Show how childhood experiences of abandonment or engulfment influence our choice of romantic partners, friends, and associates
· Detail the tango-like way that addicts activate one another's primary fears and literally 'bring out the worst in each other'
· Hopefully, compassionately, and realistically outline the recovery process

Including Twelve-Step work, exercises, and journal keeping, Mellody's practical, step-by-step guidelines for change help us face painful realities, acknowledge and disengage from our addictive behaviours, and address underlying symptoms of codependence. The fresh perspective and clear methods in 'Facing Love Addiction' works to comfort and motivate all those seeking to establish and maintain healthy, happy relationships.

Praise for Facing Codependence:

"Pia Mellody is a true pioneer...This is a splendid offering"
JOHN BRADSHAW

"(Mellody) mixes captivating and traumatic stories of her own recovery with her very specific perspective on addiction, codependence and recovery...Folks from many kinds of dysfunctional families will resonate strongly with Mellody's descriptions of their pathology in a way that helps them maintain the commitment to change"
COMMON BOUNDARY

Pia Mellody, a nationally recognized authority on codependence, is a consultant at The Meadows, a treatment centre for addictions in Wickenburg, Arizona.

Andrea Wells Millers has co-authored a number of books including 'Facing Codependence' and 'Breaking Free'.

J. Keith Miller is a noted speaker and teacher and best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including 'A Hunger for Healing' and 'Hope in the Fast Lane'.