FusLook's new approach to adult emotional problems was developed shroogh Dr. Mimildine's prychiatric work with children and their par- ents. In children he observed ensotional problems in the making, and he found nuny ofthe same difficulties persisting in adults, because they did not understand or know bow to manage their "inner child of the pam is fint step with adult patients is to help them identify the croblemaking parental attitudes in their childhood that have caused naze continuing to cause unhappiness and frustration.

your parents attitude toward you was an exces- she one of

Periectiootin

Overcoercion

Oversubmission

Dverindulgence

Hypochondriasis

Punitiveness

Neglect

Rejection

Sexual stimulation

The effect on you as an adult may manifest itself in:

Endless, overserious preoccupation with physical, intellectual or social accomplishment

Dawdling, daydreaming, procrastination and other forms of resistance

Impulsiveness, temper outbursts, lack of consider- ation for the rights of others.

Boredom, lack of persistence, difficulty in initiating individual effort

Anxiety about health, providing an excuse for in- activity and nonparticipation

Fierce desire for revenge, which may dominate adult life

Anxiety, loneliness, difficulty in feeling close to others

Lone wolf feelings of unacceptance of others and oneself

Emphasis on physical aspects of sex, dissatisfattión with personal relationships