{"product_id":"silently-seduced-when-parents-make-their-children-partners-paperback","title":"Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth M. Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a parent singles out a child for special privileges and attention, that child is often unaware that the relationship is unhealthy--even incestuous. As adults, these children struggle to feel validated, because while they have not been directly abused, they feel a sense of violation and crossed boundaries--usually done in the name of 'love' and 'caring.' The parent's love feels more confining than freeing, more demanding than giving, more intrusive than nurturing. Yet these children suffer from what psychologist Kenneth Adams calls The Silent Seduction--because there is nothing loving or caring about a close parent-child relationship that services the needs of the parent rather than the child. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this revised and updated 20th anniversary edition of his groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003eSilently Seduced\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Adams explains how 'feeling close, ' especially with the opposite-sex parent, is not the source of comfort the image suggests, especially when that child is cheated out of a childhood by being a parent's surrogate partner. He offers a framework to understand this covert incest and its effect on sexuality, intimacy, and relationships, and how victims can begin the process of recovery.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth M. Adams, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and the clinical director of Kenneth M. Adams and Associates in suburban Detroit, Michigan. In addition to maintaining an active clinical practice, Dr. Adams is a national lecturer, workshop leader, and consultant in the areas of childhood abuse, dysfunctional family systems, and sex addiction. He is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), a CSAT supervisor, and a CSAT training facilitator as well as an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) practitioner. A member of the American Psychological Association, Michigan Psychological Association, Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), and International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP), Dr. Adams is also an advisory board member to SASH and IITAP, and an editorial board member of \u003ci\u003eSexual Addiction \u0026amp; Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.\u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Adams, along with coauthor Dan Robinson, received the \u003ci\u003e2001 Reader's Choice Award \u003c\/i\u003efor \"Shame Reduction, Affect Regulation and Sexual Boundary Development: Essential Building Blocks in Sex Addiction Treatment,\" the article voted by subscribers of \u003ci\u003eSexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention\u003c\/i\u003e as the Article of the Year\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe also received the 2011 Carnes Award for outstanding work and research in the field of sex addiction. In 2010, Dr. Adams was part of a focus group set up to advise the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on developing criteria for security clearances for federal employees. He specifically advised on matters related to sex addiction and personality disorders. Dr. Adams is the coeditor, with Dr. Patrick Carnes, of \u003ci\u003eClinical Management of Sex Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen He's Married to Mom\u003c\/i\u003e. He does regular speaking engagements and media appearances, including national and local television and radio. For more information, visit www.drkenadams.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757229768992,"sku":"9780757315879","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e40d3addf27b70b002e4ee7fee999ba5.webp?v=1780097235","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/silently-seduced-when-parents-make-their-children-partners-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}