Running on Empty by Webb, Jonice -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction

Emotional Neglect Questionnaire

Part I: Running On Empty

Chapter 1: Why Wasn’t the Tank Filled?

Chapter 2: Twelve Ways to End up Empty

Type 1: The Narcissistic Parent Type 2: The Authoritarian Parent Type 3: The Permissive Parent Type 4: The Bereaved Parent: Divorced or Widowed Type 5: The Addicted Parent Type 6: The Depressed Parent Type 7: The Workaholic Parent Type 8: The Parent with a Special Needs Family Member Type 9: The Achievement/Perfection Focused Parent Type 10: The Sociopathic Parent Type 11: Child as Parent Type 12: The Well-Meaning-but-Neglected-Themselves Parent

Part II: Out Of Fuel

Chapter 3: The Neglected Child, All Grown Up

1. Feelings of Emptiness 2. Counter-Dependence 3. Unrealistic Self-Appraisal 4. No Compassion for Self, Plenty for Others 5. Guilt and Shame: What is Wrong with Me? 6. Self-Directed Anger, Self-Blame 7. The Fatal Flaw (If People Really Know Me They Won’t Like Me) 8. Difficulty Nurturing Self and Others 9. Poor Self-Discipline 10. Alexithymia:

Part III: Filling The Tank

Chapter 5: How Change Happens

Factors That Get in the Way of Successful Change

Chapter 6: Why Feelings Matter and What to Do with Them

Chapter 7: Self-Care

Self-Care Part 1. Learning to Nurture Yourself Self-Care Part 2. Improving Self-Discipline Self-Care Part 3. Self-Soothing Self-Care Part 4. Having Compassion for Yourself

Chapter 8: Ending the Cycle: Giving Your Child What You Never Got

1. Your Parental Guilt 2. The Changes You Have Made So Far 3. Identify Your Own Specific Parenting Challenges

Chapter 9: For the Therapist

Research Identification of Emotional Neglect Treatment Summary for the Therapist Conclusion

Resources for Recovery References