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# Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

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Review: Great Read/Helpful/Healing - This was an insightful and validating read, especially for anyone who has grown up around emotionally immature or unavailable people. I read it and then re-read it after it was recommended to my husband and me, and it helped us better understand certain family dynamics and why they can be so difficult to navigate. The book offered clarity and reassurance, along with practical ways to protect emotional well-being and approach relationships with healthier boundaries. It’s a thoughtful resource for anyone looking to break old patterns and move forward with greater self-awareness and intention.
Review: Thank you, great book for me right now! - This book was just what I needed to read right now; in fact years ago. There were many insightful sections that I had realized some time ago that were reaffirming to see in print. Written in easy to understand languge with out sounding too basic and cited many examples. I think this book should be mandatory reading for alot of young people if not all.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #230 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Parent & Adult Child Relationships (Books) #2 in Dysfunctional Families (Books) #6 in Personal Transformation Self-Help |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (27,377) |
| Dimensions  | 3.94 x 5.91 x 9.06 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1626251703 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1626251700 |
| Item Weight  | 11.3 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 216 pages |
| Publication date  | June 1, 2015 |
| Publisher  | New Harbinger Publications |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Read/Helpful/Healing
*by S***R on January 5, 2026*

This was an insightful and validating read, especially for anyone who has grown up around emotionally immature or unavailable people. I read it and then re-read it after it was recommended to my husband and me, and it helped us better understand certain family dynamics and why they can be so difficult to navigate. The book offered clarity and reassurance, along with practical ways to protect emotional well-being and approach relationships with healthier boundaries. It’s a thoughtful resource for anyone looking to break old patterns and move forward with greater self-awareness and intention.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you, great book for me right now!
*by J***H on February 17, 2026*

This book was just what I needed to read right now; in fact years ago. There were many insightful sections that I had realized some time ago that were reaffirming to see in print. Written in easy to understand languge with out sounding too basic and cited many examples. I think this book should be mandatory reading for alot of young people if not all.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible aid to therapy - insightful and well written
*by J***R on April 6, 2021*

I am a psychologist in private practice in Boston, MA. A client recently recommended this book to me, and I said I would read it with him. When I sat down to read Chapter 1 the night before our meeting, I didn't put it down for another 3 chapters. Since then, I have recommended it to several of my clients. Another client got it and read it cover to cover, crying periodically. I keep it on my desk, and sometimes I will open up to a page and read a paragraph or anecdote to validate something my client is struggling with. Gibson has a clear, accessible style that is not too heavy on clinical language, while including relevant findings from research in the areas of parent-child attachment, family therapy, neuroscience, and child development. She summarizes complex ideas with clear language. For example, she summarizes the difference between "enmeshment" (unhealthy) and "emotional intimacy" (healthy) in half a page. One thing I really appreciate about this book is how it is not framed around diagnoses or clinical problems. In discussing the four types of Emotionally Immature parents, she notes the Emotional parents are the "most infantile of the four types...it doesn't take much to upset them, and everyone in the family scrambles to soothe them...no wonder everyone in the family feels like they are walking on eggshells". She then goes on to say "At the severe end of the spectrum, these parents are, quite frankly, mentally ill. They may be psychotic or bipolar, or have narcissistic or borderline personality disorder...Regardless of severity, all such parents have difficulty tolerating stress and emotional arousal." Basically, we can label and diagnose, but that doesn't address the underlying issue - that these are parents who lack the capacity to meet their children's emotional needs through mirroring, empathy and support. It can take different forms, but that's the common thread. There is much in this book to validate people who grew up trying to turn themselves into people pleasers and emotional pretzels to get that ever elusive positive feedback from a parent. Or for the mature and self contained individuals who had to take on the emotionally difficult tasks their parents are incapable of. And Gibson weaves the threads together deftly to show that any child experiencing the types of inconsistencies and feedback of growing up with a parent like this will have similar experiences. She makes an excellent case, through research illustrated with clinical anecdotes, that the child is not at fault. I'm up to the last chapter on solutions - all about boundaries and objectivity and readjusting expectations. I think anyone who picks up this book will find a useful nugget or much much more. Thank you, Dr. Gibson, for writing this book and helping to accelerate my clients' healing journeys!

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