Book description
Do your relationships tend to follow the same destructive pattern? Do
you feel trapped by your family's expectations of you? Does your life
seem overwhelmingly governed by jealousy or competitiveness or lack of
confidence? In this ground-breaking book, clinical psychologist Oliver
James shows that it is the way we were cared for in the first six
years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we
behave. Nurture, in effect, shapes our very nature. James combines the
latest scientific research with fascinating interviews to show that
understanding your past is the first step to controlling your present.
Oliver James trained and practised as a child clinical psychologist,
and since 1987 has worked as a writer, journalist and television
documentary producer and presenter. His books include
Juvenile
Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture
and the best-selling
Britain on the Couch
which was also a successful documentary series for Channel 4. He is a
trustee of two children's charities, the National Family and Parenting
Institute and Homestart.
