Therapy for Emotionally Immature or Narcissistic Parents
For adults working through difficult family relationships, childhood emotional wounds, boundaries, grief, and the lasting impact of growing up with a parent who couldn’t give you what you needed.
In-person in Echo Park, Los Angeles + online throughout California.
Maybe You’ve Finally Found a Name for It
Emotionally immature.
Narcissistic.
Controlling.
Critical.
Unavailable.
Maybe one of those words describes your parent perfectly. Maybe none of them do.
What you know is how you feel around them.
You second-guess yourself after conversations. You feel responsible for keeping the peace. Saying no comes with guilt. Their feelings somehow become your responsibility.
And no matter how old you are, part of you can still feel like the child trying to finally get it right.
Understanding Your Parent Doesn’t Erase What Happened
Maybe you know exactly why your parent behaves the way they do.
You know about their childhood. Their trauma. Their limitations.
You can have compassion for their story and still acknowledge what their behavior did to you.
Therapy isn't about deciding whether your parent is officially a narcissist.
It’s about understanding your experience of the relationship and what you’ve carried forward because of it.
There Can Be Grief in Realizing They May Never Change
This realization can hit differently in adulthood.
You may have spent years hoping that if you explained yourself differently, became successful enough, stopped needing so much, set the right boundary, or finally made them understand, the relationship would change.
Sometimes healing includes grieving the parent you needed but didn't have.
And then asking:
What kind of relationship, if any, do I want with them now?
Therapy Can Help You Work Through
The guilt that comes with setting boundaries.
Constantly questioning whether your feelings are valid.
Feeling responsible for other people's emotions.
Difficulty identifying what you actually want.
Anger and grief about what you didn't receive.
Repeating familiar dynamics in adult relationships.
Trying to decide how much contact with family feels right.
Learning to trust your own perception again.
You Don’t Need a Perfect Label to Begin
Maybe “narcissistic parent” describes your experience.
Maybe “emotionally immature” feels closer.
Maybe you simply know that something about your family relationship continues to hurt.
That's enough.
We can start with what happened, how it affects you now, and what you want to be different.
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This work may resonate if you:
➤ Struggle with self trust
➤ Feel guilt when setting boundaries
➤ Over explain yourself in relationships
➤ Attract emotionally unavailable partners
➤ Second guess your memories or perceptions
➤ Feel responsible for other people’s emotions
➤ Experience anxiety that increases in close relationships
You may intellectually understand your patterns.
But insight alone has not brought relief.
Rebuilding Your Inner Foundation
Reparenting work is about creating the safety and care you did not consistently receive growing up.
Together, we explore early wounds, begin to unlearn survival patterns, and rebuild your inner foundation with more steadiness and self trust.
This is not about blaming your past.
It is about understanding what shaped you so you can begin to relate to yourself differently.
WHAT WE WORK ON
In our work together, we gently explore:
✤ Early attachment wounds
✤ Parentification and emotional neglect
✤ Gaslighting and confusion around reality
✤ Shame, self abandonment, and people pleasing
✤ Fear of conflict or abandonment
✤ Rebuilding internal safety and self trust
What Therapy Looks Like
Sessions are relational, paced, and attuned to your nervous system.
You do not need to organize your story perfectly.
We move at a pace your system can tolerate.
We may explore:
➤ Emotional memory
➤ Present day relationship triggers
➤ Body sensations
➤ Parts of you that still feel young, protective, or unseen
As you begin to step out of old roles and patterns, something shifts.
Over time, you may notice:
✤ A stronger sense of self trust
✤ The ability to set boundaries without guilt or collapse
✤ More clarity in the relationships you choose
✤ Less reactivity and more steadiness
✤ The capacity for closeness without losing yourself
Ready To Begin Therapy?
Book a consultation and we can begin this work together.