This chapter explores the dynamics of covert incest and how it affects relationships. It discusses the challenges of negotiating preferences and needs when one feels they don't have a voice or agency. The chapter also delves into the impact of having a specific career and how it can become a defining aspect of one's identity.
How does emotional enmeshment (aka covert incest) with a parent shape our mental health and relationships? Dr. Ken Adams is here to help us understand.
What We Discuss with Dr. Ken Adams:
- What enmeshment is, and how it entwines family members in an emotionally unhealthy way.
- How enmeshment dictates the course of future relationships.
- The connection between enmeshment and abuse.
- The underlying causes for enmeshment to take hold.
- How to spot enmeshment and begin the process of healing from its repercussions.
- And much more...
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