Parentification of the Child: A Case Study of Bowlby’s Compulsive Care-Giving Attachment Pattern
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 45 (3) , 425-431
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.425
Abstract
Bowlby describes premature care-giving behaviors directed from a child to a parent as the antecedent of a compulsive care-giving pattern of relating in adulthood. A case example is presented to illustrate the psychological sequelae of role reversal in parent-child relationships. Psychotherapy organized around the completion of mourning enables the person to master the consequences of role reversal in childhood.Keywords
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