Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives by Pia Mellody, J. Keith Miller, Andrea Wells Miller, Andrea Wells Miller (With), Pia Mellody (Introduction)

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  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Pub. Date: June 1989
  • ISBN-13: 9780062505897
  • Sales Rank: 15,938
  • 272pp
  • Edition Description: 1st ed
  • Edition Number: 1
 
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Pia Mellody creates a framework for identifying codependent thinking, emotions and behaviour and provides an effective approach to recovery. Mellody sets forth five primary adult symptoms of this crippling condition, then traces their origin to emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical and sexual abuses that occur in childhood. Central to Mellody's approach is the concept that the codependent adult's injured inner child needs healing. Recovery from codependence, therefore, involves clearing up the toxic emotions left over from these painful childhood experiences.

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What codependency is and how to recover from it. "Pia Mellody is a pioneer...this is a splendid offering."--John Bradshaw

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This book stands out among the current glut of material on codependence because it claims the realm of parenting for its vantage point. The authors believe that codependents must heal themselves in order not to repeat the ``less than nurturing'' behaviors of their own addicted or emotionally dysfunctional parents. Hence, they couple strategies for recovery with guidelines on what is and is not ``normal'' in the parent-child relationship. The authors' conclusions will invite controversy; for instance, they suggest that ``emotional sexual abuse'' of children may lead to homosexuality in adulthood. Nor are they reluctant to generalize: ``Although physical and mental illness aren't addictions, their effect on the family is the same.'' Offsetting the opinionated commentary is great compassion for the helpless, hurt children who live inside adult codependents. Mellody and Andrea Wells Miller are coauthors of Breaking Free: A Recovery Workbook for Facing Co de pend ence ; J. Keith Miller is a freelance writer. Author tour. (July)

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Biography

Pia Mellody is an internationally renowned lecturer on the childhood origins of emotional dysfunc-tion. Her recovery work-shops have benefited people all over the world and her bestselling books have been translated into many languages. She is a member of the faculty at The Meadows Treatment Center, a residential center for victims of trauma, emotional abuse, and addictions, in Wickenburg, Arizona.

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"Facing CoDependence; What It is, Where It Comes From . . . "by Anonymous

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May 04, 2009: This has been a very helpful book.

The examples given were more extreme that situations in my life but I learned a lot about the history & 'illness' of co-dependence.

Very Good!by Anonymous

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September 07, 2003: This is a very good book explaining the root of codependence and the problems associated with it. It is very useful for people experiencing high levels of codependence. Perhaps a very painful eye-opener for those who are ready to face this type of awareness (if we are not ready, we can just deny it). However, I think that this book does not emphasize enough that codependence occurs in varying degrees. The best book that eloquently explains this as well as the process of becoming codependent and how to release ourselves from it is 'The Ever-Transcending Spirit' by Toru Sato. It is an incredibly well-written book and should be read by every adult in the world!