Description

In her first book in over ten years, internationally recognized expert on dependence and recovery Pia Mellody shows us how to break free from harmful relationships and to learn how to attain the intimacy we need.  This invaluable resource helps diagnose the causes of faulty relationships - many of them rooted in childhood - and provides tools for self-healing so that we can move on to establish and maintain healthy relationships.  Through Mellody's unique system of boundary practice, developed over her twenty years as a counsellor and consultant, you can:

• Learn effective ground rules to achieve and sustain intimacy
• Attain self-esteem and emotional stability
• Understand your strengths and limitations, and
• Acquire concrete tools for building healthy relationships.

About the Author

Pia Mellody is an internationally renowned lecturer on the childhood origins of emotional dysfunction. Her recovery workshops 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 Centre, a residential centre for victims of trauma, emotional abuse, and addictions, in Wickenburg, Arizona.