Scapegoating in Families: Intergenerational Patterns of Physical and Emotional Abuse

By Vimala Pillari

Book Overview

Considers the multifaceted aspects of victims of scapegoating and their dysfunctional families. The author attempts to demonstrate that scapegoating is an intergenerational phenomenon and provides detailed clinical cases as examples of the complexity of family dynamics and human behaviour.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876306393
• ISBN13: 9780876306390
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Brunner / Mazel Publishers
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 2.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

This is a fabulous book

This book really spells out the dynamics of scapegoating in families: how it works and why it happens. It has no jargon and uses well written case histories to demonsrate the dynamics of this pattern. The text also includes plainly written discussion after each history so readers can clearly see what point the author is making about the dynamic through the example. If you need to see if you were scapegoated, or suspect that you are scapegoating someone, read this book. It provides a clearly written, superb overview of the problem.