Surviving the Borderline Parent

by Freda Friedman

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  Kimberlee Roth is a health writer and journalist. She has written about Borderline Personality Disorder and topics related to physical and emotional well being for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the

  Chicago Tribune.

  Freda Friedman, Ph.D., LCSW, is in private practice and a member of the Phoenix Institute in Chicago, Illinois. For the past twenty years, her primary clinical focus has been with Borderline Personality Disorder, providing treatment, education, support and consultation to people suffering

  from the disorder, their families and health care professionals working

  with them. She is on the board of several professional health care organizations and has developed BPD programs in New York and Chicago.

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  Document Outline

  Contents

  Foreword

  Preface

  Acknowledgments

  Introduction

  PART 1: The Past 1. I Never Knew It Had a Name

  2. All Grown Up

  3. Grieving a Lost Childhood

  PART 2: The Present 4. Guilt, Responsibility, and Forgiveness

  5. Overcoming Anger and Resentment

  6. Communicating and Setting Limits

  7. Reconstructing the Past, Assessing the Present

  PART 3: The Future 8. Envisioning Change and Breaking Old Habits

  9. Trust Yourself, Set Boundaries, Build Self-Esteem

  10. Putting It All Together

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