Toxic Wealth: How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children

by OrlaCashman (Author), JamesA.Twaite (Author)

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Hardcover
2009
$118.96

This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring.

Synopsis

This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring.

$118.96

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Edition: 1
Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
Published: 08 Jul 2009
ISBN 10: 0313359911
ISBN 13: 9780313359910
Book Overview: From the travails of the Kennedy's to those of Britney Spears, one has only to glance at the headlines to see that money does not ensure either happiness or serenity. With 25 percent of Americans now considered affluent, figuring out how to enjoy the good and sidestep the bad should be a topic of consuming interest.

Media Reviews

Cashman, a family therapist, teams with psychotherapist and statistician Taite to explore the 'culture of affluence' in America and note the unique problems that often accompany wealthy lifestyles. Written for general readers who qualify as wealthy, this guide examines the stress, negative stereotypes and lack of empathy these individuals and families often experience. The authors use real-world examples from their own experiences to provide practical advice for problems that are often dismissed as inconsequential by other mental health care professionals. - Reference & Research Book News

Author Bio

Orla Cashman is a family therapist practicing in Greenwich, CT.

James A. Twaite is a psychologist and statistician in private practice in Rowland, Pennsylvania and Tenafly, New Jersey.