The Nine-Headed Serpent for Hercules
by Sylvia Maltzman

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Essay #1
Shame and the Adult Child

Essay #2
Adult Children and the Fragmented Family:
Creating Family of Choice

Essay #3
Adult Children and Personal Limits:
The Pleasures of Saying “No!”
-or-
The Pits of the Pendulum

Essay #4
Adult Children and Heritage:
The Bonds of Love and the Bonds of Hate

Essay #5
Adult Children and Chronic Abuse:
Do We Get Stalked More Often?

Essay #6
Adult Children and Identity:
Messages Flying in From the Past

Essay #7
The Adult Child and Anger:
Too Many Masks, Too Much Pain

Essay #8
Sibling Rivalry
To Hell With Glibness

Essay #9
Abandonment Issues:
The Lingering Effects of Emotional Poisons

 

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