Recovering from emotionally immature parents : practical tools to establish boundaries & reclaim your emotional autonomy

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Author:

Gibson, Lindsay C., author.

Summary:

"Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers yet another essential resource for adult children of emotionally immature parents. With this follow-up guide, readers will learn practical skills to recognize the signs of an emotionally immature parent, and powerful strategies for protecting themselves against emotional takeover. With this compassionate resource, readers will also discover how to reconnect with their own emotions and needs, and gain emotional autonomy in all their relationships."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction -- What you've been up against dealing with emotional immaturity. Your emotionally immature parent ; Understanding emotionally immature parents ; Loving for a relationship with your EI parent ; How to resist emotional takeovers ; Skills to manage interactions and evade coercions ; EI parents are hostile toward your inner world -- Emotional autonomy reclaiming the freedom to be yourself. Nurturing your relationship with yourself ; The art of mental clearing ; Updating your self-coverage ; Now you can have the relationship you've always wanted -- Epilogue: Bill of rights for adult children of emotionally immature parents.

Physical Description:

vi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Subject Term:

Parent and adult child.

Adult children of dysfunctional families -- Mental health.

Emotional maturity.

Dysfunctional families -- Psychological aspects.

Publisher:

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9781684032525

Publication Information:

Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2019]

Call Number:

306.874 GIBSON

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In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents , author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature parents.

Growing up with emotionally immature (EI) parents can leave you feeling lonely and neglected. You may have trouble setting limits and expressing your feelings. And you may even be more susceptible to other emotionally immature people as you establish adult relationships. In addition, as your parents become older, they may still treat your emotions with mockery and contempt, be dismissive and discounting of your reality, and try to control and diminish your sense of emotional autonomy and freedom of thought. In short, EIs can be self-absorbed, inconsistent, and contradictory. So, how can you recover from their toxic behavior?

Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents , author Lindsay Gibson offers yet another essential resource. With this follow-up guide, you'll learn practical skills to help you recognize the signs of an EI, protect yourself against an emotional takeover, reconnect with your own emotions and needs, and gain emotional autonomy in all your relationships. This is a how-to book, with doable exercises and active tips and suggestions for what to say and do to increase emotional autonomy and self-awareness.

If you're ready to stop putting your own needs last, clear the clutter of self-doubt, and move beyond the fear of judgment and punishment that's been instilled in you by emotionally immature parents, this book will help you find the freedom to finally live your life your way .

Author Notes

Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD , is a clinical psychologist in private practice who specializes in individual psychotherapy with adult children of emotionally immature (EI) parents. She is author of Who You Were Meant to Be , and writes a monthly column on well-being for Tidewater Women magazine. In the past, she has served as adjunct assistant professor of graduate psychology at the College of William and Mary, as well as at Old Dominion University. Gibson lives and practices in Virginia Beach, VA.

Introduction	p. 1
Part I What You've Been Up Against Dealing With Emotional Immaturity
1 Your Emotionally Immature Parent	p. 9
What It's Like to Be Involved with Them and How They Got to Be That Way
2 Understanding Emotionally Immature Parents	p. 25
Their Personality Traits and Emotional Takeovers
3 Longing for a Relationship with Your EI Parent	p. 45
Why You Keep Trying
4 How to Resist Emotional Takeovers	p. 65
Recognize Others' Distortions and Don't Disconnect from Yourself
5 Skills to Manage Interactions and Evade Coercions	p. 83
Actions That Empower You
6 EI Parents Are Hostile Toward Your Inner World	p. 101
How to Defend Your Right to Your Innermost Experiences
Part II Emotional Autonomy Reclaiming The Freedom To Be Yourself
7 Nurturing Your Relationship with Yourself	p. 121
How to Trust Your Inner World
8 The Art of Mental Clearing	p. 139
Making Room for Your Own Mind
9 Updating Your Self-Concept	p. 157
How to Correct Distortions and Enhance Self-Confidence
10 Now You Can Have the Relationship You've Always Wanted	p. 177
Just Focus on One Interaction at a Time
Epilogue: Bill of Rights for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents	p. 197
Acknowledgments	p. 203
References	p. 205

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