Lifeskills for Adult Children - Softcover

Janet G. Woititz; Alan Garner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558740708 ISBN 13: 9781558740709

Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 1990

Synopsis

From JANET WOITITZ, the author of the New York Times bestseller Adult Children of Alcoholics and famed social skills trainer ALAN GARNER- a wonderful book that affirms and encourages AcoAs by developing your skills for living.
Imagine how good you would feel if: 

• You could stand up for yourself without losing your temper
• You could make a decision without second guessing yourself
• You didn't have a sense of worthlessness every time someone criticized you
• You could learn how to establish and defend boundaries

In Lifeskills for Adult Children you can learn how to do these things and more. This book is designed specifically for Adult Children and teaches skills to make your complex adult life easier, while improving your sense of self-worth. Examples are provided to help clarify the lessons and exercises are given to help you practice your new skills.
So, if you have difficulty:

• Making contact with others
• Expressing feelings
• Asking for what you want
• Giving others what they want
• Solving problems
• Asking others to change their behavior
• Handling criticism
• Saying no and sticking with it

Find out why Lifeskills for Adult Children is praised by so many readers.  Click on the "Look inside" feature above the picture of the cover on top of this page and sample the book.

About this title

From the Author:

Janet Woititz (1938-1994) is the author of Adult Children of Alcoholics, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. She wrote several other books, including The Self-Sabotage Syndrome; The Struggle for Intimacy; Marriage on the Rocks and Healing Your Sexual Self. Woititz was the director and founder of the Institute for Counseling and Training in West Caldwell, New Jersey. .
Alan Garner, M.A. is a nationally-known relationship-skills trainer. He is the author of Conversationally Speaking, from which this book was adapted, It's OK to Say No To Drugs!: A Parent/Child Manual and his new autobiography (written under the pen name Scott Curtis), How I Moved to Thailand, Found Love, Built a Mansion, Live Like a King on a Pension - Plus How You Can Too!!!

About the Author:

Janet Woititz, Ed.D., was the author of Adult Children of Alcoholics, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. She wrote several other books, including The Self-Sabotage Syndrome, The Struggle for Intimacy, Marriage on the Rocks, and Healing Your Sexual Self. Woititz  was the director and founder of the Institute for Counseling and Training in West Caldwell, New Jersey..Alan Garner, M.A., is a nationally-known relationship-skills trainer and longtime teacher. This book was especially adapted for adult children from his McGraw-Hill bestseller Conversationally Speaking: Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness. His new autobiography (written under the pen name Scott Curtis), is How I Moved to Thailand, Found Love, Built a Mansion, Live Like a King on a Pension - Plus How You Can Too!!!

About this edition

• Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 1558740708
• ISBN 13: 9781558740709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120