Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents

(or Emotionally Immature Parents)

Narcissistic or emotionally immature parents will make you feel unseen, unheard, and unloved.

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is this you?

→ You’re constantly walking on eggshells with your parents, monitoring their moods to avoid any outbursts or feeling responsible for fixing their moods.

→ Your parents see you as a vessel to meet their own needs, they don’t ask how you’re doing and instead expect you to emotionally support them.

→ They treat you as a friend rather than a child, they struggle with boundaries. Or they are emotionally distant and withholding and you feel you can never do anything right in their eyes.

→ You’re parent never says sorry for hurting your feelings and often puts the blame on you and makes themselves the victim.

→ You’ve grown up feeling misunderstood and lonely. You have feelings of low self-worth and often look to others, like romantic partners to try to provide that for you.

→ Your low self-worth leads to severe people-pleasing behaviors, always worrying that you will be abandoned if you aren’t exactly what your parents or your partner needs.

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attachment-based therapy can help you

You have always been worthy, lovable, and enough.

𑁍 We will learn where your core beliefs stem from and the unhelpful patterns and thoughts that your parents may have engrained in you.

𑁍 We will work to find your true authentic values and learn how to live a more aligned and meaninful life.

𑁍 We will build greater self-worth that isn’t defined by any outside voices.

𑁍 Together we will identify useful coping techniques and relational strategies to handle future situations with your parents more effectively.

benefits of therapy for adult children of narcissistic or emotionally immature parents: 

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Build greater self-worth and identify values that provide an unshakable foundation to your identity.

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Build healthier relationships that allow you to show up as your authentic self and feel truly seen and loved.

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Unlearn the engrained beliefs that have been holding you back and develop core beliefs that will allow you to live a more meaningful, peaceful, and joyful life.

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This is how you get started with therapy:

01

Schedule a free 20 minute Zoom consultation to see if we would be a good fit for therapy.

After our consultation, if we determine that we would like to move forward with working together we will get ongoing sessions scheduled.

02

Begin our work together toward greater security, self-worth, and more fulfilling relationships.

03

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let's get started

Are you ready to transform your life?

  • Your worth doesn't decrease because someone else didn't know how to value it.

  • "I am mine. before i am ever anyone else's."

  • "It can be hard to look at your parents objectively because it might feel like you're betraying them. But that isn't the motive here. Our mission is not to disrespect or betray your parents, but to finally see them objectively."

    Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

  • "Emotionally immature parents tend to be enmeshed with their children, stifling their child's sense of agency and autonomy. As a result, they will violate your requests, push your boundaries, and guilt trip you for trying to live an independent life from them to merge your life with your partner."

    Minaa. B.