Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C Gibson

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by 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 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• The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory

Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, is a private-practice clinical psychologist who specializes in individual treatment with adult children of emotionally inept parents. She is the author of Who You Were Meant to Be and contributes a well-being column to Tidewater Women magazine on a regular basis. She has worked as an adjunct assistant professor of graduate psychology at the College of William and Mary and Old Dominion University in the past. Gibson is based in Virginia Beach, where he practices law.