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THE SECRET LIFE OF FAMILIES IBD

RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
09 / 1999
9780553375527
Inglês

Sinopse

A wife keeps a secret bank account.... A husband has an affair.... A teen refuses to say where she goes at night.... A family therapist for twenty-five years, Evan Imber-Black fills her book with compelling real-life stories of people confronting the dilemmas of family secrets. She challenges the popular notion that secrets are always bad and that the best medicine is to tell all, thoughtless 'truth-telling' (often modeled by talk shows) can create years of dangerous fallout.With insight and compassion, 'The Secret Life of Families' offers realistic guidance on a range of issues: -- how to tell when a secret is hurting your family-- how to handle difficult issues like sexuality, race or religion, adoption and artificial insemination, serious illness, and divorce-- what to tell -- and not to tell -- young children-- questions to ask yourself before revealing an important secret-- what to expect after a secret is opened, and much more