Toxic Friendships (eBook)

Knowing the Rules and Dealing with the Friends Who Break Them

Suzanne Degges-White, Judy Pochel Van Tieghem (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
280 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3998-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Addressing ten basic rules of friendship, this book provides perspectives on dealing with toxic friends who break these rules. Self-exploration exercises are included to help readers develop healthy, satisfying boundaries and friendships.

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Good friends and healthy friendships are crucial to women's well-being at every stage of life. But what happens when a friendship turns toxic? When a friend becomes hurtful or mistreats another? When a friend abandons another in a time of need? Here, Suzanne Degges-White and Judy Pochel Van Tieghem explore such toxic friendships and how women navigate the ups and downs, as well as how broken friendships can be mended and bad friendships ended. Explaining and illustrating the ';rules of friendship' at various stages of life, the authors reveal what it takes to be a good friend, how to identify bad friends, and how to move forward when friendships turn sour. Vignettes of toxic friendship behaviors are shared, as well as tips on how best to respond to these rule-breaking friends in order to rebuild damaged relationships and repair a friendship's foundation (when appropriate) and how to decide when it's time to let go of a relationship that is bringing you down versus keeping you afloat. Information for parents is also provided, to aid them as they help their daughters navigate their friendships. We all need friends, but knowing when and how to let go can help us all be better friendsto ourselves, and also to others.

Autor

Suzanne Degges-White, PhD, LPC, LMHC, NCC, is professor and chair of the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. She is a licensed counselor and her research interests include intimate relationships (including friendship and motherhood). She is the author of Friends Forever: How Girls and Women Forge Lasting Relationships and Mothers and Daughters: Living, Loving, and Learning over a Lifetime. She is a featured blogger on the Psychology Today website and has edited four books on counseling in the community and in schools.Judy Pochel Van Tieghem has over three decades of experience in reporting, writing, and researching for various publications. She was awarded the Illinois Associated Press Spot News Reporter of the Year honor in 1984 and was a winner of the Kenan Business Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. She currently resides in the Chicago suburban area, where she works as a freelance reporter.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsPrefacePart I: Understanding the Need for Social Connection 1: The Need for Community 2: Friendship Patterns from Girlhood through Older AdulthoodPart II:The Rules of Friendship and their Role in Relationships3: It’s a Matter of Trust4: Just the Way You Are5: Any Friend of Hers is a Friend of Mine6: Being There7: A Friend in Need8: Keep the Friendship Favor Balance in Check9: Defending Your Honor10: Bring Joy to Your Friends11: Criticism is Not Okay12: Jealousy is Not Okay13: A Rule-by-Rule Guide for MomsPart III:Toxic Environments outside the Home14: Soccer Moms and Carpool Queens15: Church Group and Civic Group Friends16: Down the Street and On the JobPart IV: Taking Stock and Cutting Back17: Playing by the Rules18: Writing Your Own Rules19: Taking Stock and Letting GoBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.6.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 6 Illustrations including: - 6 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: bad friends • bad friendships • ending a toxic friendship • Frenemy • Friends • Friendship • friendship gone toxic • friend tension • getting over a toxic friendship • heal toxic friendship • identify toxic friendship • leaving a toxic friendship • Old Friends • recognizing a toxic friendship • signs of a toxic friendship • spotting a toxic friendship • toxic angry friend • toxic behavior friendship • toxic best friend • toxic childhood friend • toxic clingy friend • toxic controlling friend • toxic friend • toxic friend breakup • toxic friend characteristics • toxic friend in a group • toxic friend keeps calling • toxic friend keeps callling • toxic friendship • toxic friendship help • toxic friendship how to end it • toxic friendship stories • toxic friend won't go away • toxic friend won't leave me alone • toxic friend won't let go • toxic frienship stories • toxic girlfriend • toxic guy friend • toxic insecure friend • toxic relationship
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-3998-0 / 1442239980
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-3998-2 / 9781442239982