Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1515957020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 495 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. Finally, you'll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.. By freeing yourself from your parents' emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment
. Marguerite has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career, and has over four hundred titles to her credit. Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice who specializes in individual psychotherapy with adult children of emotionally immature pa
Excellent book ChelseaYogi Recently, I read 3-4 books on children of narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. Each one was valuable in its own way, helping me untangle my thoughts and feelings.What I like about this book, in particular, is that is reveals the systematic nature of emotionally immature thinking, which underlies the behavior of parents, lovers, friends, and public figures. By revealing the pattern and then explaining the cause (self-protection), it allows the reader to depersonalize the behavior and the damage it has done.For the first time, I can feel "It wasn't me. It. Applause for Lindsay Gibson R. J. Krzak Thank you Lindsay for being born!!! I've read countless self help books by various authors over the last three decades but, still, I never got to the heart of what was causing within me a pervasive sense of sadness, loneliness and not belonging. I've lived life mostly on the outside and in a detached way. Seldom did I feel that I fully connected with others. People would say I was a very likable person but I couldn't understand why. I never knew that I was attractive until a friend told me when I was in my teens. Even then I thought why is she saying that. If you weren't badly "abused," but still didn't feel like your family really embraced you, this is the book for you. Opera Fan13 There are a few negative reviews that accuse the book of being judgmental and fostering dangerous, exaggerated attitudes toward parents. I actually didn't see that at all. This book gives a name to the subtle disengagement, distance and neglect kids suffer at the hands of parents who probably do a great job of providing food, clothing, shelter and physical safety.I burst into tears reading the chapters on internalizers and how they end up dealing with this; it was like reading my life story. I'm not sure my parents were bad enough to be considered true "n
"Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, gives practical insight into a prevalent problemThe book is impeccably clearThis utter lack of confusion makes the book quite soothing, despite the heavy subject." ---Foreword Magazine