TY - BOOK AU - Apter,T.E. TI - Difficult mothers: understanding and overcoming their power SN - 9780393081022 (hbk.) AV - BF723.M55 A68 2012 U1 - 155.9/24 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Co. KW - Mother and child KW - Fiction KW - Mothers KW - Psychology KW - Control (Psychology) KW - Families KW - Psychological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Difficult mothers: common patterns -- The science behind a mother's power -- The angry mother -- The controlling mother -- The narcissistic mother -- The envious mother -- The emotionally unavailable mother -- Am I a difficult mother? -- Resilience N2 - A psychologist describes the five different types of difficult mothers, including angry, controlling, narcissistic, envious and emotionally neglectful and explains how adults can still suffer from these negative relationships and how they can overcome the challenges of their complex feelings ER -