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7 - Survival Mode

The Adult-Child’s Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2021

Dan Dulberger  and
Haim Omer
By
Ohad Nahum
Dan Dulberger
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
Haim Omer
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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Summary

Chapter 7, written by Ohad Nahum, describes entrenched dependence from the adult-child's perspective, and how therapeutic contact with them may foster the transition from dysfunctional to functional dependence.

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developmentadverse eventsincompetenceshamesurvival modereconnectiongradual exposure
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Non-Emerging Adulthood
Helping Parents of Adult Children with Entrenched Dependence
 , pp. 123 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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