Excellent book
Excellent book - clear and well written. I was driven to buy this after starting counselling about my parents and the book was a total revelation. It clearly explains the four main types of emotionally immature parents and then goes on to describe how we as children commonly respond to them. As a "newcomer" to the idea of emotionally neglectful parents, I found it really useful in helping me to gain some perspective on my parents behaviour and indeed my own. It also ends on a positive note by giving clear descriptions of what emotional maturity DOES look like and a couple of helpful exercises to do.
As someone just beginning my counselling journey, it was great as a fairly in-depth guide and kept me gripped through out the whole book (which is quite a mean feat, as I often find I tend to lose interest half way through "self-help" guides). My only caveat would be that for me, it did unleash some quite strong emotions, so may be should be used in conjunction with some kind of therapy or support, if you're reading this from a vulnerable place.
