Patterns that remain a guide to healing for Asian children of immigrants / Stacey Diane Arañez Litam.
| Author/creator | Arañez Litam, Stacey Diane |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xviii, 191 pages 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Breaking the silence about unhelpful patterns and mental health -- Understanding historical trauma and scarcity mindsets -- Patterns that remain among Asian Americans -- Childhood attachment wounds in adult relationships -- Insecure attachment styles among Asian Americans -- Identifying and challenging sexual scripts -- Becoming balanced people : how patterns impact our well-being -- Wholehearted acceptance : toward a healing orientation -- Pattern-breaking strategies for self-nourishment -- On parenting and healing diasporic wounds -- Final thoughts and takeaways. |
| Abstract | "How do we begin the monumental task of understanding how unhelpful patterns and cultural scripts may be keeping us from unlocking joy, achieving optimal mental health, and enjoying secure relationships? How do we arrive at places of collective healing when so many of us have been carrying around these deep childhood wounds for years? To explore the answers to these questions and so much more, we need to establish some background. Although Asian Americans are often grouped together as one monolithic entity, the term Asian American encompasses over 50 distinct subgroups, each of whom demonstrate"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024023749 |
| ISBN | 9780197762677 hardback |
| ISBN | epub |