Embracing Your Father

by Linda Nielsen

Book Overview

An expert in father-daughter relationships shows daughters how to forge a new path to communication with their fathers Psychologist Linda Nielsen shows readers how every daughter can transform her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071423036
• ISBN13: 9780071423038
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

It's Never Too Late

A wonderful relationship with your father is truly one of life's greatest joys. But how can we find this if we don't already have it? Dr. Nielsen's book provides many practical and creative suggestions for doing just this. We did not choose our father or the life we had as a child. However, we can choose to change the way we interact with our dad once we are adults. Dr. Nielsen uses a variety of interesting techniques: short questionnairss to focus on specific problems; "Eye Opener" research summaries to provide perspective; and sample dialogues to help us get started talking with our dad. Dr. Nielsen's academic credentials give her the credibility to write this ground-breaking book. And her warm, encouraging voice and helpful ideas give us the courage to actually try to reconnect with our dad. I am recommending this book to all of my friends who are puzzled, angry, or disappointed with their father. It's never too early, or too late, to start.

Help without guilt

As a former student in Dr. Nielsen's Fathers and Daughters course at Wake Forest University, I completely disagree with Publishers Weekly's review of Dr. Nielsen's book. This book is not about guilt. It is, like Dr. Nielsen's course, about helping fathers and daughters to develop positive relationships. Taking Dr. Nielsen's course and reading her book was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. By using Dr. Nielsen's approach, my father and I have developed a very close relationship--one that I never thought would be possible. Based on my conversations with other former students of Dr. Nielsen's, they have had very similar experiences. I wish that every daughter had the opportunity to take Dr. Nielsen's course. For those who can't, her book is a must.

Preacher's unwed daughter in college with a child

I highly recommend Dr. Nielsen's book and suggestions for anyone who wants a deeper relationship with their father. At the time I took her class I was a junior in college with a 3 month old son and a father who was a pastor that I had always had a hard time communicating with. Through her suggestions, relationship building tools, encouragement and understanding I started building the relationship that every daughter desires and needs to have with their father. With Dr. Nielsen's help I realized that if a daughter never embraces their father, his experiences, and understands his love they will never truly understand and love themselves. I am very excited to finally have Dr. Nielsen's insights and wisdom in book form so that other daughters and fathers can benefit, not just those who were fortunate enough to have her as a professor.

BLACK FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

I had not talked much to my father until I read this book ..mainly because my mother hates him . So the chapter about mothers really hit home. Now that I am doing some of the things the author suggested, my relationship with my dad is already improving. I was skeptical at first because I did nøt think there was much hope for us. But I was wrong. The ideas in this book are really working. And I see that I have been wrong about many of the assumptions I was making about my dad. I have already sent a copy of the book to my two sisters.