| Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency Contributor(s): Weiss, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 075732035X ISBN-13: 9780757320354 Publisher: Health Communications OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Codependency |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Do you love an addict? Do you sometimes feel like their addiction is your fault? Are people calling you codependent? If our treatment toward loved ones of addicts alienates them, it's time we change our approach. With Prodependence, Dr. Robert Weiss offers us the first fully new paradigm in over 35 years for helping those who love and care for addicts. An attachment-focused model, prodependence recognizes that no one can ever love too much, nor should anyone be pathologized for whomever they choose to love as is often the case. Prodependence informs caregivers how to love more effectively, but without having to bear a negative label for the valuable support they give. When treating loved ones of addicts and other troubled people using prodependence, we need not find something wrong with them. Instead, we acknowledge the trauma and inherent dysfunction that occurs when living in relationship with someone whose life is failing and keep moving forward. Validating a caregiver's painful journey for what it is opens the door to support them in useful, non-shaming ways. Helping people take incremental, positive steps toward intimate healing is what Prodependence is all about! |
Contributor Bio(s): Weiss, Robert: -
Robert Weiss, PhD, MSW, CEO of Seeking Integrity LLC, is a digital-age sex, intimacy, and relationship specialist. Dr. Weiss has spent more than 25 years developing treatment programs, educating clinicians, writing, and providing direct care to those challenged by digital-age infidelity, sexual compulsivity, and other addictive disorders. A clinical sexologist, psychotherapist, and international educator, he frequently serves as a subject matter expert for multiple media outlets including CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox, OWN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and NPR, among others. He is the author of Prodependence Moving Beyond Codependency, and several other highly regarded books on sex and intimacy disorders including Out of the Doghouse, Sex Addiction 101, and Cruise Control, among others.
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