Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, received her doctorate from the College of William and Mary, and is a professor andeminent scholar of counselings at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She is former president of the Society ofGroup Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, and a current commissioner for the American Psychological Association'sCommission on Accreditation. Brown is the author of twenty-seven books on group therapy and narcissism, includingChildren of the Self-Absorbed, Loving the Self-Absorbed, and Whose Life is it Anyway?

"In this book, Nina Brown provides hope to those who struggle to overcome the negative impact of self-absorbed parents. She presents down-to-earth, practical strategies for gaining insight into the parental toxic effect, and developing approaches to overcome it. The information in this book can also be valuable to anyone working with adults trying to understand how their parents still negatively influence them as adults." —Travis J. Courville, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, licensed clinical social worker, fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, certified group psychotherapist, and adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston

Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, received her doctorate from the College of William and Mary, and is a professor andeminent scholar of counselings at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She is former president of the Society ofGroup Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, and a current commissioner for the American Psychological Association'sCommission on Accreditation. Brown is the author of twenty-seven books on group therapy and narcissism, includingChildren of the Self-Absorbed, Loving the Self-Absorbed, and Whose Life is it Anyway?

"In this book, Nina Brown provides hope to those who struggle to overcome the negative impact of self-absorbed parents. She presents down-to-earth, practical strategies for gaining insight into the parental toxic effect, and developing approaches to overcome it. The information in this book can also be valuable to anyone working with adults trying to understand how their parents still negatively influence them as adults." —Travis J. Courville, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, licensed clinical social worker, fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, certified group psychotherapist, and adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston