Susan Forward, PhD is the author of the #1 New York Times best sellers “Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them” and “Toxic Parents” as well as numerous other books including “Obsessive Love,” “Money Demons,” “Emotional Blackmail,” “When Your Lover Is a Liar,” “Toxic In-Laws” and “Betrayal of Innocence.” Her newest book, “Mothers Who Can’t Love” (HarperCollins, 10/2013) explores the sometimes life-long effects on daughters of having grown up with mothers who are unable or unwilling to nurture them. After defining and describing the five most common types of abusive mothers (overly enmeshed; severely narcissistic; control freak; mothers who need mothering; and those who are physically and/or emotionally abusive) Forward gets to work showing adult daughters how to address the negative beliefs that grew from an unhealthy upbringing. With empathy, she assures those who suffer that the abuse is unequivocally not their fault and offers a series of exercises designed to reveal the truth of the situation, acknowledge the pain, learn to set boundaries, and break self-defeating patterns. “Highly recommended.”–Starred review in Library Journal
Susan is one of the nation’s leading psychotherapists, a dynamic lecturer and highly sought after talk-show guest including having hosted her own ABC Talk Radio show for six years. In addition to her private practice, she has served as a therapist, instructor and consultant for many Southern California psychiatric and medical facilities.
Through her books, therapy practice, lectures and media appearances, Susan’s groundbreaking work has opened up exciting new worlds of confidence, inner strength and emotional independence for countless women and men.
To learn more about Susan, please visit her website at www.SusanForward.com or like her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SusanForwardPhD