title: How to survive in spite of your parents M Reinbold Cedar 242pp £5.99 0-7493-1041-3 [Formula: see text].
abstract: Damaged children become damaged grownups, subconsciously re-enacting the traumas of childhood physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their adult relationships. Psychotherapy, the least understood and most feared of all medical disciplines, helps people experiencing relationship difficulties to understand themselves and their reactions to stress and external stimuli and to obtain freedom from the perpetuating legacies of guilt, morality and conscience.