Main description:

Failure to Launch is a book geared towards helping clinicians work with dependent adult children. The book first attempts to define the problem of failure to launch as well as identify the underlying causes such as entitlement, narcissism, enabling family systems, and undiagnosed mental health problems. Failure to Launch also lays out a step-by-step treatment plan to help guide clinicians with these clients to help facilitate change. The book includes case studies, sample chapters, and the latest research to help illustrate the theoretical basis for the treatments in this book.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

Section 1: Background & Theory
Chapter 1: What is Failure to Launch?
Chapter 2: 22 is the new 18
Chapter 3: So are they Narcissistic, entitled, or just a bunch of a$%hol&s?
Chapter 4: The Loving Enabler

Section 2: Underlying Mental Health Issues
Chapter 5: Mood Disorders & Anxiety
Chapter 6: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 7: Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Chapter 8: Substance Abuse

Section 3: Moving the Immovable Object
Chapter 9: Why Change? What is My Motivation?
Chapter 10: "What Do You Want To Do Now That You Are Grown Up?"
Chapter 11: Career and Life Coaching
Chapter 12: Empowering the parent

Section 4: It's Now Up to the Family
Chapter 13: Preparing For Launch
Chapter 14: The Launch Pad
Chapter 15: Clearing the Tower
Chapter 16: Houston ...We Have a Problem
Chapter 17: Houston...We Have Lift-Off

Afterword