Raising Healthy Children in an Alcoholic Home

by Barbara Wood

Overview

This is a book written for parents in recovery from alcoholism, co-dependence, and other addictive problems. It helps recovering parents to understand the impact of parental alcoholism and co-dependence on family structure, and on the developing child. It also helps them to become "therapeutic " parents—active and compassionate listeners and sensitive guides to children in crisis.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148318866
Publisher:	Barbara L. Wood, Ph.D.
Publication date:	08/25/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	234
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Barbara Wood is a licensed psychologist practicing in Bethesda, Maryland. She specializes in the treatment of trauma, alcoholism and other substance abuse problems. She also provides expert testimony in cases where plaintiffs or defendants have been affected by traumatic events and/or substance abuse disorders. She is the author of Children of Alcoholism: The Struggle for Self and Intimacy in Adult Life, published by New York University Press. Washingtonian Magazine has identified her as one of the top 123 psychotherapists in the Washington, D.C. area. She lectures widely on her work.