The Drama of the Gifted Child : The Search for the True Self (Hardcover)

from -Cee-

Alice Miller wrote the original version of this book 30 years ago. This book is updated but the premise is the same. Adults with repressed or unconscious childhood memories are unable to find their "true" selves, feel they are loved only for what they accomplish or how they behave (not for themse...

from -Cee-

Alice Miller wrote the original version of this book 30 years ago. This book is updated but the premise is the same. Adults with repressed or unconscious childhood memories are unable to find their "true" selves, feel they are loved only for what they accomplish or how they behave (not for themse...

from HadriantheBlind

The title here is a bit of a misnomer - 'Gifted Child' in this sense does not necessarily mean a child of academic gifts, but one with an attuned empathetic sense, and thus susceptible to emotional abuse. When this sense is combined with a deficiency or disorder on the part of the parent - anxiet...

from jettstream

Alice Miller nails it. Children who are prevented from developing an authentic self by narcissistic or otherwise harmful and inadequate parenting will find validation, solace, and guidance through the resulting pain, anger, and confusion. I wish the author had used a less misleading title.

from Rileysride

Amazing dig into personal history in order to meet people where they are as a therapist as well as how I formulate relationships regularly. Icredibly insightful.