Critics of the explosive 80s codependency movement claim that family-of-origin therapy has resulted in a victim mentality. Thom rutledge shows how individuals can learn to accept responsibility for themselves. In "Earning Your Own Respect," he defines what it means to be a fully functioning adult, helps free readers from unresolved issues, and suggests strategies to get on with life.
Thom Rutledge has over twenty-five years' experience as a psychotherapist. Thom's trademark sense of humor, a down-to-earth practicality, and his own compassion are the common threads that run throughout his unique brand of self-help psychology. Thom also writes regularly for self-help/recovery publications around the country, including Steps for Recovery (Los Angeles), The Phoenix (Minneapolis), and Recovery Today.
