Healing Honeys with Louise Rumball 77 - Healing Daddy Issues - The Emotionally Unavailable Father
Feb 20, 2023
Stephanie Therapy, a psychotherapist specializing in childhood trauma and parental wounding, joins Louise to explore the foundations of 'Daddy Issues' in a 3 part series. They discuss the difference between Daddy Issues and the Father Wound, emotional unavailability of fathers, the impact of the father wound on relationships, and the 4 types of emotional parent. They also touch on unpacking the father wound, reparenting, and healing from the father wound.
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Daddy Issues ≠ Father Wound
- 'Daddy issues' and 'father wound' are different: the latter focuses on perceived absence of love, not sexualized labels.
- Stephanie Therapy warns 'daddy issues' often blames the child instead of examining the father's role.
Early Years Set Your Emotional Blueprint
- Early childhood (first ~8–9 years) programs emotional responses and attachment patterns.
- Trauma is shaped by interpretation and repeated micro-moments, not only single events.
Unregulated Fathers Create Protective Patterns
- Children need regulation from caregivers, so emotionally unavailable fathers leave children dysregulated.
- That dysregulation often becomes patterns (hyper-independence, overachievement) in daughters.