Speaker Talk: When Love Gets Entangled: How Deep Bonds Can Hold Back Healing In Treatment
Virtual Support-Group
Jeff Noles and Elizabeth Fikes explore “entangled parenting,” a relational pattern where a parent’s identity, emotions, and protective instincts become deeply intertwined with their child’s. They examine how well-intentioned behaviors—such as over-monitoring, rescuing from discomfort, or speaking on a child’s behalf—can unintentionally interfere with treatment progress, emotional regulation, and the development of autonomy. The session […]