Lifeskills for Adult Children

Janet Geringer Woititz

HCI, 1990 - Self-Help - 119 pages

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Adult Children of Alcoholics -- a wonderful book that affirms and encourages AcoAs by developing 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 that sense of worthlessness every time someone criticized you
• You could learn how to say no and stick with it

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:

• Asking for what you want
• Solving problems
• Handling criticism
• Saying no

read Lifeskills for Adult Children - you'll be glad you did.

What people are saying

Review: Lifeskills for Adult Children

User Review  - Sara - Goodreads

I really got a lot out of this book. I'm on my second time reading through it. This book gives some great tips and examples on how to improve your life by improving your relationships with others. It ...

Review: Lifeskills for Adult Children

User Review  - Gloriavirtutisumbra - Goodreads

Very simply written, able to be read in one evening. But it still covers some of the more difficult social interactions, so it's not to be belittled, and enacting it's advice is still not easy.

Contents

• Expressing Feelings: 29
• Active Listening: 55
• Asking for What You Want: 69
• Giving Others What They Want: 85
• Solving Problems: 93
• Asking Others to Change Their Behavior: 117
• Handling Criticism: 131
• Establishing and Defending Boundaries: 149
• Getting Started: 199

About the author

Woititz is the founder and president of the Institute for Counseling and Training in West Caldwell, NJ, which specializes iin working with dysfunctional families and individuals.

Alan Garner has taught hundreds of Conversationally Speaking workshops. He is the coauthor of "Lifers for Adult Children,

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lifeskills for Adult Children; Adult Children of Alcoholics Series
• Author: Janet Geringer Woititz
• Contributor: Alan Garner
• Publisher: HCI, 1990
• ISBN: 1558740708, 9781558740709
• Length: 119 pages
• Subjects: Self-Help / Adult Children of Substance Abusers; Self-Help / Codependency; Self-Help / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General