On today’s episode, we are delighted to host Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD., 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. Many Type C people grew up in invalidating, neglectful, or abusive environments and Dr. Gibson helps us better understand the damaging effects of emotionally immature caregivers. Resources discussed on this episode include:

• Dr. Gibson’s books Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Who You Were Meant to Be, Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents, Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People

• Focusing by Eugene Gendlin, Ph.D.

• Fault Lines by Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.

• Rules of Estrangement by Joshua Coleman, Ph.D.