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“Emotionally Immature” Parents
Reviewer’s Name: Alice Blackwell, Clinical Member, OSRP
Title of Podcast Series: The Daily
Title of Episode: “The Interview”: Dr. Lindsay Gibson on What We Owe Our “Emotionally Immature” Parents
Date released: March 22, 2025
Link to Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000700370452
Who Will I Hear?
Interviewer: David Marchese, Guest: Dr. Lindsay Gibson
What’s It About?
This episode is a conversation with Dr. Lindsay Gibson, a clinical psychologist and author of the bestselling book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents. They explore Dr. Gibson's notion of emotional immaturity, and the impacts it can have on the children of emotionally immature parents. Thankfully, Dr. Gibson posits that it’s possible to recover from such a reality, even if that means, in some cases, breaking off the relationship entirely.
How Can It Help?
I think this episode gives clinicians a solid entry point into Dr. Gibson's work.
Why Does This Reviewer Love It?
I appreciated the interviewer's candour, and how he brought in his personal experience of a challenging relationship with his father.
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