Growing Up with Addiction (häftad, eng)

From the award-winning psychologist and leading expert on PTSD and addiction, an essential guide to healing the trauma of growing up with addiction and dysfunction. ‘Offers not just insight but deep empathy … deeply needed.’ Richard C. Schwartz, bestselling author of Internal Family Systems and No Bad Parts‘Required reading for understanding the full picture of recovery, repair, and reclaiming our true selves.’ Aimie Apigian, MD, addiction medicine physician and bestselling author of The Biology of TraumaGrowing up with a parent’s addiction leaves ripple effects that can be felt well into adulthood.

The trauma of familial dysfunction can weave into the fabric of your life, affecting relationships, parenting and work, and even leading to you questioning your own worth, mistrusting intimacy and feeling disconnected from yourself. But it doesn’t have to stay this way. In this nurturing book, Dr Tian Dayton – an award-winning clinical psychologist and expert on trauma, addiction, and complex post-traumatic stress disorder - draws on expertise from decades working with adult children of alcoholics, as well as her own personal experience, to empower you to embrace recovery and break the chain of intergenerational dysfunction.

Growing Up With Addiction offers a compassionate and accessible guide to:Examine how addiction shaped your familyUnderstand the imprint it left on your childhoodDiscover tools to heal and thriveLearn to process trauma and attachment woundsReconnect with your body and regulate your emotionsMove towards post-traumatic growthGrounded in research, enriched by client narratives and filled with practical exercises based on Dr Dayton's own Relational Trauma Repair (RTR) model, this book will allow you to recover from buried hurt and give your inner child a voice, illuminating the path towards a better future.

If you feel trapped in a cycle of familial addition and trauma, it doesn't have to stay that way. Discover healing – for yourself and your loved ones – with this expert guide. Further praise for Growing Up with Addiction:‘An accessible introduction and a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand – and heal – the legacy of trauma in families.’ Dr Stephen Porges, award-winning psychologist and founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium‘Offers a powerful pathway for Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACAs) and those with complex PTSD to transform pain into embodied healing and relational repair’ Dr Peter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing®, author of Waking the Tiger‘Tian Dayton’s new book is absolutely one of the best.

Her writing and clinical work has helped so many families’ Robert J Ackerman, PhD, founding board member of the National Association for the Children of Alcoholics and Addiction, author of Perfect Daughters and Silent Sons‘I wholeheartedly recommend this book as an essential resource for anyone dedicated to understanding and healing the impacts of trauma and addiction.’ Frances Black, senator and founder of the RISE Foundation in Ireland, working to support families impacted by a loved ones’ addictive behaviour

Format	Häftad
Omfång	288 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Ebury Publishing
Utgivningsdatum	2026-03-05
ISBN	9781785046490