Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
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Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
"Some readers may recognize their mothers as well as themselves in this book. They will also find specific suggestions for creating healthier relationships. Addressing the adult children of borderlines and the therapists who work with them, Dr. Lawson shows how to care for the waif without rescuing her, to attend to the hermit without feeding her fear, to love the queen without becoming her subject, and to live with the witch without becoming her victim."
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Accessible Help for Children of Borderline Mothers:
Understanding the Borderline Mother is a great therapeutic resource for counselors and other soul-care providers to use with adult children of women who suffer with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The book is easy to read, gives accessible definitions of BPD, and links styles of relating of borderline mothers with classic fairy-tale archetypes. It's a great book for helping individuals put words to their experience growing up in the chaos of a borderline household. I would have rated it even higher... more info
Thanks for helping my sis, bro, and I understand our mum:
My bro, sis and I have all read this book. Our childhood was like growing up in a psyche ward--except that one of the patients was the warden. I'm 42 years old and I have 2 recurring nightmares--one of which is that I am forced to live with my parents again. I spend the whole time trying to escape from them (literally). Mum's beyond help, but this book has helped us siblings greatly as we try to sort thru the fallout of it all (and try to salvage a relationship with our father). This book also deals with... more info
informative book:
very helpful and easy to read. I liked how they categorized different types of borderline traits (waif, witch, etc.). It was also nice that the author pointed out that a person who has BPD doesn't necessarily fit into a specific category- they can have different traits from various categories. It also gives a perspective on how it effects children raised by mothers diagnosed with BPD.
Dealing with a borderline mother:
I had read everything I could on borderline personality disorder to try and understand my daughter-in-law. It wasn't until I read Dr. Lawson's book that I truly understood the depth of this disorder. She describes BPD as the mother relates to her children. I thought the book too expensive and almost didn't buy it, but if you read anything at all you should read this one. It should be required reading before ever getting married and certainly anyone trying to help their kids through the borderline crisis.
