Negligencia emocional y padres tóxicos
Childhood Emotional Neglect & Toxic Parents
Childhood Emotional Neglect & Toxic Parents
Now as an adult, you’re torn between the fear of getting hurt again and the desire for a loving relationship like your friends have with their parents.
It was as if your thoughts and feelings didn’t really matter. You didn’t matter. The harder you tried to earn their approval and respect, the more your efforts were met with their demands, criticism, abuse, control/suffocation, dismissiveness, neglect, or just plain indifference. Nothing you did or said was ever good enough for them, or even got a reaction from them.
As an adult, you’ve worked hard to achieve your success and leave your painful childhood in the past. But that hurt seeps into your present life in the form of sadness, emptiness, depression, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, perfectionism, and failed/unfulfilling relationships. It’s also difficult for you to ask for help, trust others, or depend on them. You doubt whether your partner loves you – maybe you’re so damaged that you can’t be loved. A part of you wonders if you’re even capable of loving. The other part of you is frustrated and wants you to move on and get on with life. But…
Psychotherapy can help you make peace with the past without telling you to “forgive and forget” because those are your parents. Our therapists combine their years of professional experience with an understanding of the subtle messages that permeate the culture in Miami to help you:
Psychotherapy can help you make peace with the past without telling you to “forgive and forget” because those are your parents. Our therapists combine their years of professional experience with an understanding of the subtle messages that permeate the culture in Miami to help you: