Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Book Recommendation

For so many of us, childhood is not remembered as an idyllic time. For some it was a mixed bag. For some it felt like for all intensive purposes everything was "fine" - there was food, shelter, clothing, and parents that provided in many sesnses... but it still feels like something is missing.

This book by Lindsay C. Gibson does an incredible job at helping her readers put clear language and understanding to what was missing - and for many, what was painful and challenging.

Gibson helps give context and clarity on what happened between you and your parents, and how that has impacted you into adulthood.

The term "Emotionally Immature" in this literature is understood not as a flippant or petty accusation, but a studied, researched, and very tangible way of understanding a level of emotional development in an individual, and the specific ways stunted growth in these areas impacts the adult, their partnerships, and how they treat their children.

This book outlines the ways that stunted emotional development shows up in the minds and behaviours of adults that become our parents (and how it is completely seperate from other types of intelligence - for example an adult could be a highly successful CEO but have the actual emotional brain capacity of a 5 year old).

This book affirms much of what you have been through, and offers tangible, accessible, and clear ways of managing your own healing, grief, acceptance, boundaries, dynamics, and relationships with your emotionally immature parent(s)/primary caregiver(s). It helps you learn and continue to grow in relationships with others that are emotionally mature.

I cannot recommend this book resource enough!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129659-adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents

~ Charlie Gray,

Registered Psychotherapist & Online EMDR Therapist

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