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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents with Lindsay C. Gibson, PhD

Evidence-Based: A New Harbinger Psychology Podcast

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Is Your Child's Behavior Emotionally Immature?

When you introduce the concept of emotionally immature parents, is it like a light bulb for them going off? When i'm working with someone in psychotherapy, i'm always approaching that person like ah, in a state of openness. These are people who have not been a attended to. They've not been understood or gotten to know by a parent. So if it came up that the behaviour was glaringly emotionally immature, i would definitely go for it. It's actually pretty rare that i give my whole speel about emotional immaturity. Um, it comes out naturally according to what the person has been through.

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