Haven't We Gone Through This Before?: Breaking Out of Those Parent-Child Ruts - Softcover

Berry, Richard L.

9780800755799: Haven't We Gone Through This Before?: Breaking Out of Those Parent-Child Ruts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800755790 ISBN 13: 9780800755799

Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co, 1996

In this insightful book, family therapist Richard Berry shows how to detect the underlying forces and the subsequent responses that create ruts. The key to improvement, says Berry, is to recognize these ingrained patterns and then change the responses. He leads the beleaguered parent through practical steps for change and shows them how to correct the seven most common parent-child ruts, including guilt trips, parental rescuing, taking sides, and power struggles.
Parent-child ruts such as these are frustrating to say the least. Sometimes, these routine stalemates can tear a family apart. But according to Berry, there are ways to move out of even the deepest grooves and grow as a family.
Berry doesn't promise a quick-fix solution, but he does provide tested advice and biblical wisdom for a common family problem.

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