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Recommended Books for Emotional Neglect

1. The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis and David Cross

2. The Invisible String by Patrice Karst

3. Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward

4. The Emotionally Absent Mother by Jasmin Lee Cori

5. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook by Bruce Perry

6. The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears by Lawrence J. Cohen

7. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb

8. Lost and Found: Helping Behaviorally Challenging Children and Adolescents at Home and at School by Karyn Purvis

9. The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

10. Healing the Shame That Binds You by John Bradshaw