The Four Types of Emotionally Immature Parents

Are you recognizing their impact on your life?

Patrícia Williams
The Conscious Way
Published in
5 min readMay 7, 2024

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In her book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, clinical psychologist Dr. Lindsay Gibson describes the four types of emotionally immature parents.

Each type is emotionally insensitive in a different way, but all create emotional distress in their children. All share the…

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