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| Bonding with mother is supposedly healthy for girls, but what if mother is schizophrenic?
The Heart Moves in a Circular Direction A Story of Healing by psychologist Ingeborg Gubler Casey, weaves insights from her many years of experience as a psychotherapist with recollections of her life-long relationship with her schizophrenic mother.
As a child, Casey acted as her mother’s confidante, accepting without question her mother’s delusional world. However, to survive emotionally as a teen-ager, she cut off all contact with her mother. In an effort to cope with her fears of succumbing to the same disease, Casey became a psychologist. Out of guilt and loyalty, she re-connected with her mother as a young adult. Her attempts to maintain this relationship, however, pulled her back into her childhood role with devastating emotional consequences.
As a story about struggle and perseverance, facing fears and taking risks, the book offers insights to people facing various challenges of their own. The questions Casey struggles with—How much do we owe family? When is it necessary to be selfish? How does one become an independent individual yet remain loyal to family?—are questions we all face. Casey’s story of how she found a path to emotional wholeness while offering support to her mother offers hope to others.
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