Hidden in Plain Sight, Revised 2nd Edition: Getting to the Bottom of Puzzling Emotions - Softcover

Barry Grosskopf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889242292 ISBN 13: 9781889242293

Publisher: Vanderwyk & Burnham, 2007

Synopsis

A sorrow that had origins in your grandparent's childhood may silently be influencing how you conduct your current relationships. Imagining how the grandparent's pain affected your parent can bring peace in your life and in your children's lives.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Two-time award winner: Silver Book of the Year in Psychology/Mental Health (Independent Publisher), Honorable Mention in Family & Relationships (Foreword magazine)

From the Back Cover:

Every Family Has Secrets

Traumas may be big or small, and they range from wars to sexual abuse to grief unconsoled. The traumas experienced by our parents and grandparents are silently influencing our own lives today. And we are influencing the lives of our own loved ones. Dr. Grosskopf draws sensitively from his patients' histories in order to explain the types of recollections people have that cause them pain.

By truly imagining a parent's childhood experience, you--an adult now--can feel what your parent felt. With true understanding comes the beginning of self-healing. Hidden in Plain Sight shows--
* how a primary trauma leads across generations to secondary trauma;
* the necessity for being honest with oneself about the fear and pain;
* how intimate relationships such as marriage can at first challenge and then further the healing process;
* ways to encourage our parents to talk with us so that we may understand, and finally experience compassion and respect for them, no matter how they behave.

And then, says Dr. Grosskopf, we can truly become the conscious authors of our own healing story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vanderwyk & Burnham
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1889242292
• ISBN 13: 9781889242293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368