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Digital Seminar

Treating the Impact of Emotionally Immature Parents

How to Work with Clients Who Have Been Emotionally Used

Faculty:
Lindsay Gibson, PsyD
Duration:
2 Hours
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 22, 2024
Product Code:
NOS096365
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Chances are you’ve come across the type of client who constantly puts others first, out of guilt or loyalty, which holds them back from their own self-development. Would it surprise you to learn that many of these clients grew up with emotionally immature parents? These parents often acted like children themselves in terms of their coping mechanisms, affective instability, and disregard for other people’s lives and feelings. Many times, this leaves their children feeling powerless—even into adulthood. You’ll discover:  

  • Common psychological impacts on children of emotionally immature (EI) parents 
  • How to spot specific forms of emotional coercion and pressures of moral obligation 
  • How EI parents set up a child for relationship problems in adulthood 
  • Which therapeutic techniques work best to strengthen sense of self and healthy entitlement 

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 2 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Faculty

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Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, is The New York Times and Amazon #1 best selling author of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (New Harbinger, 2015). Her groundbreaking work has sold over 100,000 copies, been translated into 37 languages, and empowered thousands to break free from toxic legacies and reclaim their lives.

With over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist and psychdiagnostician, Dr. Gibson identified that many clients’ anxiety, obsessions, and depression stemmed from distorted beliefs and emotional coercion imposed by emotionally immature parents. She observed that while these parents might not fall into severe mental health categories, their emotional immaturity had profoundly damaging effects on their children.

Dr. Gibson currently works as a clinical psychologist in private practice. Her follow-up book, Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy (New Harbinger, 2019), offers practical strategies for overcoming these challenges and fostering emotional resilience.  

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lindsay Gibson maintains a private practice. She is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Gibson receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lindsay Gibson has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Objectives

  1. Identify the characteristics of emotional immaturity. 
  2. Describe the common psychological impacts on children of emotionally immature parents. 
  3. Discuss the forms of emotional coercion, emotional takeovers, and pressure of moral obligation. 
  4. Articulate how EI parents set up a child for relationship problems in adulthood. 
  5. Employ at least one therapeutic technique to strengthen sense of self and healthy entitlement. 

Outline

  • The five most common traits of emotional immaturity 
  • The most common psychological impacts on children of emotionally immature parents 
  • Forms of emotional coercion, emotional takeovers, and pressure of moral obligation 
  • How emotionally immature people (EIPs) control others  
  • Why adult children of emotional immature parents (ACEIP) are vulnerable to relationship problems in adulthood 
  • The ACEIP is afraid to set boundaries; doesn't know what is reasonable 
  • Why imposter syndrome, anxiety, depression, and inadequate boundaries abound 
  •  The most effective therapeutic techniques to strengthen sense of self and healthy  
  • Burnout considerations when the therapist is also an adult child of EI parents 

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Social Workers

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