“If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal or abandonment” - Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD. It’s no surprise that the environment an individual grows up in will form their patterns well into adulthood. This group is a safe space to learn about your emotional needs and gain resources for more meaningful, authentic connection.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson moves away from a cycle of blame and helps the reader recognize where fantasy and reality are amiss. This book equips us with practical skills on how to develop emotional maturity in our own lives.

Reading the book is encouraged, but not required for participation in the group.

*Book can be purchased on Amazon or through other book retailers.

Objectives:

• Define emotional maturity and emotional immaturity
• Understand stages of emotional development throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
• Learn how unmet emotional needs impact relationships to ourselves and others (internalizing, parentification)
• Decrease feelings of resentment, shame, guilt, or rage.
• Develop resources and values to meet emotional needs.
• Experience/practice relational safety and connection with other group members.

This group is facilitated by therapist, Larken Gross, LAC, and will be led from a trauma-informed perspective.