Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
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Lindsay C. Gibson
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. 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 anxietyThe driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyoneThe passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsettingThe rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory
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Author
Lindsay C. Gibson
Pages
224
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Published Date
2015-06-01
ISBN
162625172X 9781626251724
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"This book was so helpful to me. It provided an understanding of the why and how emotionally immature people do some of the things they do and how different people react to dealing with these circumstances. As an internalizer who created a role self because of the healing fantasies I had, it’s easy to feel trapped. I think this book gave me some good groundwork to not only better understand emotionally immature people but also how to work on being an emotionally mature person myself and to break free of the self role I created in order to achieve gaining the approval of others. "
"This book changed my life. I have never felt so understood as while I was reading this book. Going back for round two for sure."
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Eve
"This book has helped me in many ways. Not just the relationship with my parents but you can also use the tips and tricks in everyday relationships. "
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Gillian cripe
"I thought it was pretty insightful like any other — was pretty relevant to my life in the process of souls searching. I think though, as a kid, I’ve grown to take part in the emotionally immature nature and give up most emotions when I could be doing more, so for a lot of these self reflection questions, I had to turn it around to see if I was doing this to my parents. <br/>"
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