Lifeskills for Adult Children

by Alan Garner

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Author: Alan Garner

Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.

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ISBN 10: 1558740708
ISBN 13: 978-1558740709

From JANET WOITITZ, the author of the New York Times bestseller Adult Children of Alcoholics and famed social skills trainer ALAN GARNER- a wonderful book that affirms and encourages AcoAs by developing your skills for living.
Imagine how good you would feel if:

You could stand up for yourself without losing your temper
You could make a decision without second guessing yourself
You didn't have a sense of worthlessness every time someone criticized you
You could learn how to establish and defend boundaries

In Lifeskills for Adult Children you can learn how to do these things and more. This book is designed specifically for Adult Children and teaches skills to make your complex adult life easier, while improving your sense of self-worth. Examples are provided to help clarify the lessons and exercises are given to help you practice your new skills.
So, if you have difficulty:

Making contact with others
Expressing feelings
Asking for what you want
Giving others what they want
Solving problems
Asking others to change their behavior
Handling criticism
Saying no and sticking with it

Find out why Lifeskills for Adult Children is praised by so many readers. Click on the "Look inside" feature above the picture of the cover on top of this page and sample the book.

Review

5 Stars: Highly Recommended. By Amazon reader Jay Bee, April 12, 2019

I had heard about this book and the author numerous times before I bought the book. Advice columns recommend it frequently when they are guiding letter writers to more assistance beyond the scope of their columns and for good reason. The author explains behaviors, instructs on boundary setting and points her readers to a safer, saner life path.

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5 Stars: Easy to learn techniques. By Amazon reader Nolan

This was a fantastic book that I refer back to quite a bit. It was real simple to remember and apply these skills.

5 Star: Good lessons for kids from chaotic childhoods. By Amazon reader CJ

I'd heard about this book for years from advice columns like Carolyn Hax's, and when I finally bought it and read parts of it, it really hit home. In fact, I'm having some trouble reading it all because it's bringing up some tough emotions! My dad was an alcoholic, and my childhood was chaotic and full of gaps in my learning -- especially of good people skills. This book seems to cover a lot of what I had to learn the hard way over the course of way too many years. I wish I'd read it in my 20s instead of my 60s! For example, how do you say no when you've been well trained to be a people pleaser? This book can help, and I highly recommend it -- especially if you're in your 20s! :)

5 Stars: Excellent book for ACOAs. I highly recommend. By Amazon reader Joanne

Excellent book. It teaches good life skills in a very readable way. It speaks to those raised in a home where there was alcoholism or addiction in a supportive way so that ACOAs do not feel shame or embarrassment for not having already obtained these skills. Very helpful. I lend it out regularly to ACOAs I come across in my line of work. They are grateful for the information it contains.

From the Author

Janet Woititz (1938-1994) is the author of Adult Children of Alcoholics, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. She wrote several other books, including The Self-Sabotage Syndrome; The Struggle for Intimacy; Marriage on the Rocks and Healing Your Sexual Self. Woititz was the director and founder of the Institute for Counseling and Training in West Caldwell, New Jersey.

Alan Garner, M.A. is a nationally-known relationship-skills trainer. He is the author of Conversationally Speaking, from which this book was adapted, It's OK to Say No To Drugs!: A Parent/Child Manual and his new autobiography (written under the pen name Scott Curtis), How I Moved to Thailand, Found Love, Built a Mansion, Live Like a King on a Pension - Plus How You Can Too!!!

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