Unhealthy Helping

A Psychological Guide to Overcoming Codependence, Enabling, and Other Dysfunctional Giving

Author: Shawn Burn
ISBN: 9781533347534

Helping and giving are good. It's just that some types of helping and giving are unintentionally unhelpful and unhealthy. Unhealthy Helping: A Psychological Guide to Overcoming Codependence, Enabling, and Other Dysfunctional Giving demystifies codependence and dysfunctional helping and giving by examining it through multiple psychological lenses. The book contains theory-and-research based answers for people who help and give in ways that are ultimately harmful to themselves or others. Loaded with research and real-life stories, including the author's journey from unhealthy to healthy giver, Unhealthy Helping empowers people with psychological knowledge, self-assessments, and practical psychology-based strategies for personal and relationship change. Psychology professor and Psychology Today blogger Shawn Meghan Burn explores the dynamics of codependent and dysfunctional helping relationships, the difference between healthy and unhealthy helping, why some people are prone to unhealthy

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publish Date: 2016-05-16

Subjects

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Psychology/Emotional Health)