@stephanne221: The ability for an infant to survive is DIRECTLY dependent on the parent tending to the child’s emotional and physical needs. Infants NEED parents to care when they are afraid, in pain/distress, experiencing discomfort from hunger and thirst, want a bid for connection, need to be regulated + soothed and so so much more. With emotionally inaccessible parents, children learn to subvert their emotional needs in order to at least get their physical needs met. However, once a child becomes an adult, they can then tend to their own physical needs and have greater access to others’ emotional support. In this way, if the adult child is not getting their emotional needs supported by their parents, nor their physical needs, they can still survive and even expand their emotional wellness through estrangement, no contact, and low contact. SO! Because this bond becomes optional in adulthood, it is a very big deal for adult children to ask for their parents to attend family therapy with them. #family #mom #dad #kids #childhood #childhoodtrauma #trauma #cptsd #traumatherapy #familytherapy #attachment #nocontact #estranged #parent #parents #parenting #parentingtip #psychology #parenting101 #gentleparenting #mentalhealthmatters #MentalHealth #communication #therapy #therapytiktok #therapist #therapistsontiktok #fyp #foryou
Steph | Attachment Specialist
Region: US
Tuesday 12 March 2024 03:03:51 GMT
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MayaNasim :
Just a little bittersweet because I don’t want therapy with either of my parents. I don’t believe it will do anything, and at this point, I don’t want anything fixed. I just want to move on with my life. They’ve lost me for good.
2026-04-24 04:13:22
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Lauren McLaughlin :
I need my parents to do therapy themselves. Family therapy won’t do anything because they haven’t done any work on themselves and I’ve been in therapy years. They don’t get it.
2024-03-12 18:59:47
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Noodle :
Yep. My parents basically stopped parenting me at 12, and have never developed a friendship, despite my efforts. Nothing keeping us together as adults. Our values are different too
2024-04-03 01:38:13
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Sarah🇨🇦 :
This is so cultural, when talking with my African and Indian friends your parents often live with you to help provide childcare and then you care for them as they age. It's ongoing and reciprocal.
2024-04-21 02:55:11
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Bo :
My daughter and ai have just reconnected after a period of absence and she asked me to go to therapy due to the influence of my own mother in our relationship and I accepted without hesitation.
2025-04-23 04:21:26
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briantology :
Optional for the parent?
2024-03-12 16:08:00
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Aurora Kin :
I tried to talk to my dad about how he hurt me and he literally stopped talking to me
2024-04-08 09:22:45
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Cynthia | Therapist & Coach :
Therapist here and 100%!!!! People need to start realizing this
2024-04-01 23:22:48
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becca :
Do you think parent -adult child therapy is even worth it in adulthood?Sometimes I feel like it’s not worth stirring up drama when my parents are so set in their ways already.
2024-05-19 02:58:30
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notyourtypicaltherapist :
This is gorgeous. I have said many times that parents owe their children unconditional love but children do not owe the same to their parents.
2024-03-18 16:52:29
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Cosmic Garden Mage :
Can I just say, for all you adult children that were wronged by your parent(s)… you also have absolutely no obligation to fix the disconnect. That heals me more. 🤷🏻♀️
2024-03-12 08:33:09
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M :
My mom will only go to an Evangelical Christian therapist that will confirm all of her dysfunction.
2024-03-12 16:12:40
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user639508430038 :
Asked my estranged parents to do therapy; mom said yes! Then referred me to un-accredited X-tian nut job counseling that does gay conversion therapy 😔 We’re still estranged.
2024-03-12 05:10:17
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user6230159702171 :
And to extend this, relationships between adult siblings also optional.
2024-06-08 14:05:18
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Lemonysnickers :
Omg let’s cut our parents off!! Unless they do say and act like we want. If not we will claim abuse or adversely affecting my well being and call any1 who speaks up on my social platform abusive to!
2024-03-13 06:34:08
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Caroline :
*a bid to connect*
2024-03-12 11:19:14
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Asteria :
I wish my parent would understand this. We have brought up family therapy for years😔
2024-03-12 04:17:31
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Hooplahoma :
A few seconds into this video and I already feel so validated
2024-03-13 15:54:38
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childhoodtraumawarrior :
Past unresolved blocks is spot on! My mother would not talk about those blocks. I went no contact after very low contact.
2024-03-14 12:40:37
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Gabrielle Nata :
What training was this?! 👀
2024-03-12 13:29:07
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Evonashayde :
I don't think I would ever ask my parents to therapy even though there's a lot that needs unpacked
2024-03-12 11:07:11
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m :
i’m about to get my masters in clinical mental health counseling and this sounds so interesting!! where’d you take the class?
2024-03-12 03:19:48
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Brenda Zuccollo :
I told my mom to go to therapy multiple times. She refused and blamed everyone else for her problems. So narcissistic. Glad she passed.
2024-03-12 09:58:13
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Kristin🔥 :
I used to BEG my mother for family therapy for years. She would always say she had her own problems to worry about.
2024-03-12 03:54:03
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Pati 🦷 :
Immediately reposted. I've been begging so many members of my family to go to therapy, to listen to me, i no longer wait for them.
2024-03-12 16:24:53
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V :
My mom felt that way and we never went. Now we’re NC.
2024-03-12 20:43:11
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✌🏼✌🏼 :
Makes sense, healing attachment injuries just like couples. Having healing convos w empathy & validation. Post more!!
2024-03-12 16:27:57
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witch bitch :
I need the government to implant this information into every person’s brain thx 🥰
2024-03-12 14:04:19
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Mrs Cookie Monstah III :
OPTIONAL 👏👏👏👏👏
2024-03-12 16:01:07
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SmellRanger :
Plz tips on how to be a good parent for young adult kids… I want a good relationship!
2024-03-12 21:37:09
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hankyscarf :
@Fabulous fifties!!
2024-03-12 17:14:41
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ThisIsWorseThan_Sepsis :
I need to show this video to my folks
2024-03-12 10:31:48
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spice-squirrels88 :
My parents refused and I chose to be no contact after a lifetime of abuse
2024-03-12 19:32:46
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onceuponanartist :
I've been no contact for 4 years. had I known that bidding was a thing before, id have known the relationships were doomed so much sooner
2024-03-15 16:42:56
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Grace :
Lmao, oh I didn’t think that was harsh at all. 💀😆 I saw your header and was like yeah duh… but uh that may be a me thing
2024-03-13 16:18:05
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kblueberry :
what does EFFT mean?
2024-03-12 23:31:33
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Shayna Lorraine :
I said something to my mom that she needs to go back to therapy, she said “I was in therapy for a long time”… it was just one therapist, who started as her marriage counselor, for like, (1)
2024-03-17 02:54:03
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sofitrela :
Could you let us know where can we get this training?
2024-03-13 11:21:59
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Ray :
idk, my sister is fully npd and she used it as a weapon against mum when mum was under cardiac supervision for a heart attack, coz mum set a boundary against stress 👀 Like there are exceptions 🤷♂️
2024-03-13 11:09:14
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Sameyeam :
drop that class info bestie 😅
2024-03-12 04:43:12
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Nat :
I asked my Mum to do therapy with me when I was 16 and she refused. I went NC twice, and then again for the last time 4 years ago tomorrow. I’m 45 now and have since learnt about NPD.
2024-03-13 04:28:34
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Alex💕 :
My mom is treating my baby brother the same way she treated me, and once he’s 18, I’m moving him to my house and having nothing to do with her. She has no desire to change.
2024-03-13 03:23:53
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Universe :
What class did you take?
2024-03-12 21:48:19
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Jeny :
So good
2024-03-12 17:46:37
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Kelsey :
💯 agree that it’s a HUGE honor for an adult child to ask for fam therapy!! I’m an estranged adult and I would not spend my time or $ on therapy w them so if your kid wants that they really really
2024-03-12 16:27:55
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Summer :
My parents think therapy is psychobabble. They believe you go to your minister if you need help. Three of their adult children are not in their lives. They are in a cult.
2024-03-12 06:00:36
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Rachel J🍉 :
❤️❤️
2024-03-12 13:26:51
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elinasolaita :
I love this. Question- any advice for generational trauma and cultures that emphasize the family bond as an identity?
2024-08-05 03:48:14
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Jessi Brooke by the sea :
I need a parent to go to a trauma therapist so they can have a chance in hell to hear what we'd address in family therapy
2024-03-29 13:53:20
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katagan4 :
having a choice about connection can be hard to process when we are so used to supporting family feeling like a requirement
2024-03-26 19:17:28
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ADHD Rabbit Holes :
True for most, except for adult children with disabilities who still have to rely on parents for physical or cognitive needs and/or financial needs.
2024-03-19 20:08:06
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