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What Is Childhood Emotional Neglect And How It Impacts Your Adult Life
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Childhood Emotional Neglect happens when well-meaning parents don’t adequately tend to their children’s emotional needs, but it doesn’t mean they are bad parents.
If you feel like you had well-meaning parents, but you struggle with feelings of shame, guilt, or emotional distance, you might have experienced Childhood Emotional Neglect. CEN comes in many forms, and the effects are long-lasting.
What You’ll Learn
- How Childhood Emotional Neglect is a not-so-obvious trauma
- The difference between psychological abuse and emotional neglect
- The common effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect
- Why your parents may have been emotionally unavailable or unaware
- Why we need emotions in the first place
- What we can do to begin the healing process
Resources
- Childhood Emotional Neglect Questionnaire from Dr. Jonice Webb
- Running on Empty by Dr. Jonice Webb, PhD
- Running on Empty No More by Dr. Jonice Webb, PhD
Full show notes: https://cohesivetherapynyc.com/blog/what-is-childhood-emotional-neglect-and-how-it-impacts-your-adult-life/
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