Family Values
Reset Trust, Boundaries, and Connection with Your Child
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- £11.99
Publisher Description
An essential modern parenting guide for restoring trust and security to your home life from renowned psychiatrist and Dr. Phil Show regular, Dr. Charles Sophy.
Over the last twenty years, Dr. Charles Sophy has been a staple on The Dr. Phil Show, where he has guided and coached millions of people begging for assistance with parenting their children. From conflict resolution to substance dependence, Dr. Sophy is the one with the answers.
Now, in Family Values, Dr. Sophy has written a guide to rebuilding parent/child relationships to be stronger than ever. Structured around four essential strengths of relationship—trust, shared beliefs, family history, and forgiveness—this book will hit on the hot topics that Dr. Sophy gets asked most frequently for help on, including:
-Dealing with power shifts/struggles
-Defensive vs. offensive parenting styles
-Building/rebuilding your parenting foundation
-Eliminating the intergenerational cycle of parental neglect and abuse
With compassion and clarity, Dr. Sophy shows how to break free of generational wounds and learn how to create safety, stability, and permanence for your children.
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Psychiatrist Sophy (Side by Side: The Revolutionary Mother-Daughter Program for Conflict-Free Communication) aims to help readers create the "secure, loving, joyful, lasting family you've always wanted" in this mostly solid survey. A core element of his approach is his SWEEP process for "assessing how well your basic needs are being met, and making a plan to fulfill those needs." It covers sleep, work, eating, emotional expression, and play: with those in balance, Sophy writes, families have a better shot at well-being. He includes real-life examples of family challenges and how they were addressed, from a mother whose parenting is "negatively influenced by her childhood" to a daughter who is "in charge" of a "dangerous parent/child dynamic." As well, the book contains a number self-assessments, including one for confronting one's past and a "Family Power Questionnaire" ("Do you find yourself getting increasingly angry when responding to your child?"). But there are so many exercises that busy parents may be left feeling overwhelmed ("I'm about to give you some hard work that's so difficult you might find yourself wanting to cry," Sophy warns before one set of questions). Motivated readers who stay the course, though, will find plenty of tools for building a stronger family.
