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by Stephanie M. Kriesberg (Author), Wendy T. Behary (Foreword by)
A healing guide for adult daughters raised by a narcissistic mother.
Growing up with a narcissistic mother can leave deep emotional scars. Many adult daughters of narcissistic parents remember feeling invisible, constantly criticized, manipulated, or made to doubt their own reality. If your childhood revolved around your mother's needs while your own emotions were dismissed or invalidated, you may still struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, people-pleasing, and a harsh inner critic.
In Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, a psychologist and expert in narcissism offers practical, evidence-based tools to help you recover from the lasting effects of narcissistic abuse and toxic family dynamics. Drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this guide helps you understand how growing up with a narcissistic parent shapes your self-image, relationships, and emotional patterns, and how to reclaim your sense of self.
In this book, you'll learn how to:
- Recognize the impact of growing up with a narcissistic or emotionally abusive mother
- Quiet the critical inner voice created by childhood manipulation and shame
- Reduce anxiety, insecurity, and self-doubt rooted in toxic family dynamics
- Set healthier boundaries with controlling or self-absorbed parents
- Build trusting relationships without repeating painful patterns
- Stop blaming yourself for your parent's behavior and reclaim your confidence
Through compassionate guidance and practical exercises, this book offers a clear roadmap for healing from the emotional wounds of childhood and building a stronger, more authentic life.
If you were raised by a narcissistic or toxic mother, you may have spent years feeling dismissed, rejected, or responsible for someone else's emotions. This guide will help you break free from those patterns, trust your own voice again, and begin creating relationships--and a life--that reflect your true worth.
You cannot change the past, but you can heal from a narcissistic parent and move forward with strength, clarity, and self-trust.
Author Biography
Stephanie M. Kriesberg, PsyD, has practiced clinical psychology for twenty-five years. A graduate of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University, she is trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). In addition, she is trained in the practice of clinical hypnosis. Kriesberg is on the board of the New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
