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Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship | 
| Author: Christine Ann Lawson
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
Buy New: $32.36
You Save: $12.59 (28%)
Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 10428
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0765703319
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780765703316
ASIN: 0765703319
Publication Date: July 28, 2002
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
"Some readers may recognize their mothers as well as themselves in this book. They will also find specific suggestions for creating healthier relationships. Addressing the adult children of borderlines and the therapists who work with them, Dr. Lawson shows how to care for the waif without rescuing her, to attend to the hermit without feeding her fear, to love the queen without becoming her subject, and to live with the witch without becoming her victim."
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| Customer Reviews: Read 98 more reviews...
 Accessible Help for Children of Borderline Mothers December 6, 2008
D. Miller (Orlando, FL United States)
Understanding the Borderline Mother is a great therapeutic resource for counselors and other soul-care providers to use with adult children of women who suffer with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The book is easy to read, gives accessible definitions of BPD, and links styles of relating of borderline mothers with classic fairy-tale archetypes. It's a great book for helping individuals put words to their experience growing up in the chaos of a borderline household. I would have rated it even higher except that the cost is a bit daunting. But I think it's one of the best resources available for translating clinical information into understandable, impactful language for a lay audience.
 Thanks for helping my sis, bro, and I understand our mum November 15, 2008
Cheryl J. Fillmore (Oahu, USA)
My bro, sis and I have all read this book. Our childhood was like growing up in a psyche ward--except that one of the patients was the warden. I'm 42 years old and I have 2 recurring nightmares--one of which is that I am forced to live with my parents again. I spend the whole time trying to escape from them (literally). Mum's beyond help, but this book has helped us siblings greatly as we try to sort thru the fallout of it all (and try to salvage a relationship with our father). This book also deals with the guys who marry these women.
If you're going to buy only one book on BP disorders in mums, this is it.
informative book October 21, 2008
Z. Reyes (California)
very helpful and easy to read. I liked how they categorized different types of borderline traits (waif, witch, etc.). It was also nice that the author pointed out that a person who has BPD doesn't necessarily fit into a specific category- they can have different traits from various categories. It also gives a perspective on how it effects children raised by mothers diagnosed with BPD.
Dealing with a borderline mother October 12, 2008
Ronald L. Mullikin
I had read everything I could on borderline personality disorder to try and understand my daughter-in-law. It wasn't until I read Dr. Lawson's book that I truly understood the depth of this disorder. She describes BPD as the mother relates to her children. I thought the book too expensive and almost didn't buy it, but if you read anything at all you should read this one. It should be required reading before ever getting married and certainly anyone trying to help their kids through the borderline crisis.
very informative October 1, 2008
Wendy L. Sellers (Michigan)
This book was very informative. It describes four profiles of borderline mothers and how their behaviors can impact their children. It provides suggestions for how children can deal with their mothers and try to have the best possible relationship and stay healthy.
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