It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction

by Tina B. Tessina

Many parents, today and in years past, do not possess the tools to teach their children how to live a satisfying life. Because such parents have little knowledge of how to provide a good example, family dysfunction often runs through succeeding generations like a snowball rolling down a hill, gathering speed and power as it goes. Growing up and learning to be responsible for yourself is often like standing at the bottom of that hill and stopping that huge snowball. The legacy of dysfunction ends with you.

In over 35 years of counseling people in recovery, licensed psychotherapist Tina B. Tessina Ph.D has worked with many clients struggling with similar problems: anxiety, depression, feeling out of control, relationship disasters, and a pervasive feeling that they don’t know what “normal” is. No matter how old they are, they don’t feel really grown up. They never learned the confidence, self-motivation, and emotional management tools they need to live healthy, happy lives, because their families didn’t provide good role models, structure, and information.

The exercises and guidelines in this book will help you finally understand what a functional family is, how its members are still affected by early experience, and how to develop the skills necessary for successful living and loving.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction, Relationships

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

I'm a licensed psychotherapist in S. California, with 40+ years experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 13 books, including It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction (New Page), How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free (New Page) and The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again (Wiley)

I also publish an e-mail newsletter: "Happiness Tips from Tina" and the "Dr. Romance" blo.g

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Reviews

[Renata Sonntag · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book extremely helpful to understand how family patterns get handed down from generation to generation. Great introduction to the topic. The information and the exercices Tessina provides helped me to get rid of unwanted family behaviour patterns and to replace them with the behaviour I choose. To me, it was one of the most helpful books I ever read.

[Renata Sonntag · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped me a lot to understand how family patterns get handed down from generation to generation. I think it's a great introduction to the topic. The information and the exercices Tessina provides helped me to get rid of unwanted family behaviour patterns and to replace them with the behaviour I choose. To me, it was one of the most helpful books I ever read.