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The ACoA trauma syndrome : the impact of childhood pain on adult relationships / Tian Dayton.

by Dayton, Tian.

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Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, Inc., ©2012.

Adult children of alcoholics -- Mental health.

Children of alcoholics.

9780757316449 (trade paper) :

0757316441 (trade paper)

xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Origins of the ACoA Trauma Syndrome -- Neurobiology of the ACoA Trauma Syndrome -- Faces and Voices of the ACoA Trauma Syndrome -- Healing the ACoA Trauma Syndrome -- Integrating the Fragmented Self

Growing up in a home where there is addiction or relationship trauma puts a child at great risk for long-term, post-traumatic stress effects that adversely compromise adult relationships. Bestselling author, psychologist, and psychodramatist Tian Dayton examines this trauma through an exploration of the way the brain and body process frightening or painful emotions and experiences in childhood, and she shows how these traumas can become catalysts for unhealthy, self-medicating behaviors including drug and alcohol abuse, food issues, and sex, gambling, and shopping addictions. Through Dr. Dayton's insightful analysis and thoughtful examination, Adult Children of Alcoholics will learn how and why the pain they experienced in childhood plays out in their adult partnering and parenting, and they will learn how to restore health and happiness through their resilience.

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