Treating Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents : A Clinician's Guide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Lindsay C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult children of dysfunctional families.

Parent and adult child.

Genre:

Informational works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2024.

Summary:

In this highly anticipated guide for clinicians, psychologist Lindsay C. Gibson outlines her unique approach to treating adult children who grew up with emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parents. In this comprehensive manual, clinicians will find powerful insights to help their clients heal the emotional wounds created by their parents, move on from feelings of loneliness and abandonment, decrease reactivity to emotionally immature behavior, find healthy ways to meet their own emotional needs, and rediscover their true selves.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Being an ACEIP

Chapter 2. Teaching Clients About Emotionally Immature People

Chapter 3. The Psychological Cost of Relationships with EIPs

Chapter 4. Your Therapeutic Approach

Chapter 5. Reversing the Impacts of Emotionally Immature Parents

Chapter 6. Revising Self-Stories and Protecting Vitality

Chapter 7. The Primacy of Feelings

Chapter 8. Focus on Parts Work

Chapter 9. Emotional Discovery, Maturation, and Transformation

Chapter 10. Decoding Symptoms and Overwriting Old Learning

Free Tools: Special Circumstances

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Appendices

Appendix A. Personality Characteristics of Emotionally Immature Parents/People (EIPs)

Appendix B. Emotional Immaturity and Emotional Maturity Compared

Appendix C. Bill of Rights for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Appendix D. The EIP Unspoken Relationship Contract

Appendix E. Self-Concept Quiz

Appendix F. Writing Therapy: A Brief Guide on Using Writing to Get Unstuck

References

About the Author

Index.

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ISBN:

9781648483608

1648483607

9781648483615

1648483615

OCLC:

1465266850