If children grow up with self-centered parents, they are likely to experience lingering negative consequences from these unhealthy relationships as adults. Psychotherapist Nina Brown offers practical tools that will help you understand these consequences, stop depending on the assessments and expectations of your parents, and form adequate self-esteem. You can limit communication with your parents if it continues to traumatize you, or normalize relationships if you want. The book is addressed to adults who are still trying to heal mental wounds, want to build healthy boundaries and live a happy, fulfilling life.