Considers the challenges faced by people who grew up with disabled siblings, addressing such topics as premature maturity, emotional and intellectual perfectionism, and guilt about personal success and health. 30,000 first printing.
Jeanne Safer, Ph.D., has been practicing psychotherapy for twenty-seven years. A supervisor and faculty member at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the National Institute for Psychotherapies, Dr. Safer is the author of Beyond Motherhood: Choosing a Life Without Children, a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award; and Forgiving and Not Forgiving. Dr. Safer lives in New York City.