
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
How to Heal From Distant, Rejecting, or Self-involved Parents
New Harbinger Publications · Print & ebook · June 1, 2015
A New York Times bestseller—with more than one million copies sold!
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- Who it’s for
- A practical guide to making sense of emotionally immature parenting without drowning in jargon.
- Themes
- emotional immaturity, healing from childhood wounds, family dynamics
- Pacing
- Reflective
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A New York Times bestseller—with more than one million copies sold! If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent’s behavior.
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These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life. In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents’ emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life. Discover the four types of difficult parents: - The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxiety - The driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone - The passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsetting - The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory
Why It Works
A practical guide to making sense of emotionally immature parenting without drowning in jargon.
Come here for
- clear explanations, usable language
- a steadier way to name family patterns
Expect
- direct, readable framing
- reflection and repair-focused guidance
Where it sits
| Parenting Grown Kids | 77% |
|---|---|
| Dysfunctional Families | 47% |
| Breaking Codependency | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Dysfunctional Families
- Relationships
- Personal Growth
- Authors
- Lindsay C. Gibson
- Publisher
- New Harbinger Publications
- Published
- June 1, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- emotional immaturity · healing from childhood wounds · family dynamics
- Reading lane
- Dysfunctional Families