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Lindsay C. GibsonAdult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Lindsay C. Gibson
Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist whose professional career has been dedicated to understanding and treating the effects of emotionally immature parenting on adult children. Her educational background includes a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Central Michigan University and a doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology. This specialized academic training provided the foundation for her clinical work and subsequent publications.
Gibson has accumulated more than 30 years of experience working in both public service and private practice. Throughout her career, she has maintained a clinical focus on individual psychotherapy with adults who experienced emotional neglect in childhood. Beyond her clinical practice in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Gibson has contributed to academia as an adjunct assistant professor at prestigious institutions, including the College of William and Mary and Old Dominion University, where she taught doctoral clinical psychology students about psychotherapy techniques and clinical theory.
Her professional expertise directly informed the development of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, published in 2015. The book represents the culmination of decades of clinical observations, theoretical study, and practical therapeutic interventions with clients struggling with the lasting effects of emotionally unavailable parents. Gibson’s work is distinguished by her integration of 
