Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members

Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut

By: Sherrie Campbell PhD, Wendy T. Behary LCSW - foreword

Narrated by: Sherrie Campbell

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Do you have a toxic family member? Do you feel like cutting ties with this person—even as painful and scary as that may sound—would dramatically increase your well-being and improve your life? You're not alone. Severing ties with a family member can be devastating, and cutting this toxic person out of your life may bring up feelings of guilt and uncertainty. Fortunately, you can free yourself from this toxic family member in a healthy, responsible, and liberating way.

In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist and toxic family survivor Sherrie Campbell offers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member, and provides powerful tools to help you heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma. You'll find the validation you need to embrace your decision with pride and acknowledgement of your self-worth. You'll learn how to let go of negative thoughts and feelings. And finally, you'll develop the skills needed to rediscover self-care, self-love, self-reliance, and healthy loving relationships.

Whether you're ready to sever ties with a toxic family member, or already have, this book will help guide you, every step of the way.

©2022 Sherrie Campbell (P)2022 Tantor

Taking my power back

This book gave me permission to understand my situation. All the therapy in the world can not convey the realizations and moments of impact in this book.
I found because my healing path has already started, chapters 8-16 were really impactful and left me feeling a sense of freedom from thinking “why” and I’m forever grateful for this step!

#notalone

I now know and accept that healing is a life long journey. That my feelings are real. That someone else gets the feeling nervous everyday & waiting for the floors to open at anytime. Thank you for being brave & vulnerable to tell your story, to share your inner, deepest thoughts. You are my hero .

Get this book!!!

Fantastic audible version of her book. The hard copy was sold out, so I bought this version. The book requires you to put in mental and emotional work. Listen in sections if you need to take a break. Revisit areas and bookmark many. Listen with a notebook in hand. Be prepared to unleash things you’ve buried inside of you. If you’re a person on this planet, you’ll benefit from this book in numerous ways. You’ll be empowered and empower others when you’re finished.

Excellent

Thorough source of content and understanding. I felt so seen and vulnerable because the author really delivered helpful materials. Highly recommend.

Understanding and loving myself

A must for anyone who has experienced the pain, self-doubt, and uncertainty that comes from toxic family members. Understanding why I feel these wounds helps me in my healing process. It also helps me understand and love myself, something that is new to me at 50+. Thank you!!!

I am not alone!

In listening to book, i didn’t feel so alone. I have cut my ties to my adoptive siblings but i am fortunate enough that I have a bio family. My bio family is more supportive way more adaptive. My adoptive parents have both passed away and same with my bio parents or o should say donors or community service providers where ever they went. I am so grateful fir this book and i will refer the book onto my clients. Thanks Dr. Campbell and Wendy Behary.

So Good I Am Going To Listen Again

This book helped me so much! Every word resonated with my soul! I highly recommend it!

Life changing

In the midst of my early struggle with cutting ties with my toxic family, this book gave me the encouragement to continue on my path to myself and put a stop to any doubts I had about my decision. It reminded me that I am not crazy and that choosing myself is the best decision I could make to regain my own self worth. I felt this book was speaking directly to me about my toxic family and gave me all of the tools to overcome and finally break the toxic cycle of emotional abuse. To the author: Thank you for writing and narrating this book. It was even more powerful being read by you.

10 stars

I wish I could read this book much earlier - it would have been much easier to go through cutting ties with my family, and perhaps, I would have done it sooner.

Very Much Needed

Those of us who come from toxic families need to know these lessons and examples she is discussing. I wish I would have known all of this sooner. It would have made my transition out of the family easier and I would have done it sooner.