The scars inflicted on childhood by a parent with narcissistic tendencies are lasting - but they don't have to define your future.
My Parent the Peacock is a compassionate, insightful and clear-eyed guide to recovery that validates your lived experience while offering practical steps towards healing and freedom.
Demythologising some of the ideas around narcissistic behaviours, acclaimed therapist Kathleen Saxton starts by explaining what narcissism is, and isn't, and why it seems to be on the increase. She offers you support to understand how having a narcissistic parent can impact your early development, and how family constellations are shaped in such households (were you the Golden Child, or the Scapegoated Child?). Pulling everything together into practical and healing strategies for moving forward, the book also covers:
- validation and self-care
- setting boundaries and expectations
- Listening to your own voice
- Breaking the generational patterns
You can escape generational trauma and find freedom; take the first steps today for a healthier, happier future.
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In My Parent the Peacock, Kathleen Saxton shines a light on the hidden wounds of children raised by narcissistic parents. With clinical expertise and deep compassion, she unpacks the lasting impact of these relationships and offers a path to understanding and healing. A vital, unflinching read for anyone seeking to break the cycle and protect the next generation. * Chris Sherwood, CEO, NSPCC * Everywhere, there is far too much emphasis on the narcissist, and their interpersonal relationships, and not enough on the children and families at the heart of this insidious disorder. This book fills in this critical lacuna with research-based insight and information - a rarity in the sphere of narcissism. Recommended as THE introductory text to the topic and as an indispensable guide to further forays into the field. -- Professor Sam Vaknin, author of 'Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited' (1999-2015)
Kathleen Saxton is a fully qualified and accredited psychotherapist and a registered member of both the UKCP & BACP. She initially trained in Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regents University and continued a further 4 years of study in Integrative and Humanistic psychotherapy at the renowned CCPE in London. She undertook additional training in Trauma, Complex Trauma, Anxiety, Narcissism, Couples Work, Hoarding, ADHD, Sexual Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder and Suicide over recent years, offering Trauma informed therapy as a specialism. Across the last 10 years Kathleen has practiced at The Grove, The Priory and, in 2016, she co-founded her own clinical practice called Psyched Global in London.
