An edition of Drama des begabten Kindes: the search for the true self (1981)

Prisoners of Childhood

The Drama of the Gifted Child and the Search for the True Self

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An edition of Drama des begabten Kindes: the search for the true self (1981)

Prisoners of Childhood

The Drama of the Gifted Child and the Search for the True Self

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (7 ratings) ·
  • 115 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

Examines the cyclical patterns of parental exploitation and the resulting loss of self-esteem in their children.

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HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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128

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Adult child abuse victims, Narcissism, Self-esteem, Pathological Psychology, Mental health, Narcissistic injuries, Repression (Psychology), Parent and child, Rehabilitation, Self-help techniques, Psychopathology, Self Concept, Child Psychology, Gifted children, Psychology, Pathological, Kind, Psychoanalyse, Mutter, Narzissmus, Depression, Psychic trauma, Parenting, Infant, Child, Parent-Child Relations

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Cover of: The drama of the gifted child
The drama of the gifted child: the search for the true self
2007, BasicBooks
in English - Completely rev. and updated / with a new afterword by the author.
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Cover of: The drama of the gifted child
The drama of the gifted child: the search for the true self
1997, BasicBooks
in English - Completely rev. & updated / with a new afterword by the author.
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Cover of: Prisoners of Childhood
Prisoners of Childhood: The Drama of the Gifted Child and the Search for the True Self
May 1996, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
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The drama of the gifted child
1990, BasicBooks, Basic Books
in English
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Prisoners of childhood: the drama of the gifted child and the search for the true self
1987, Basic Books
in English
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Cover of: The drama of the gifted child
The drama of the gifted child
1981, Basic Books
in English
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The drama of the gifted child
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in English
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"EXPERIENCE has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the truth in the individual and unique history of our childhood."

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OL7593872M
Internet Archive
prisonersofchild00mill
ISBN 10
0465062873
ISBN 13
9780465062874
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25890
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