Creating Strategies for Highly Dependent Adult Children

EXPERT: Natalia Aíza, LPC

Highly dependent adult children get stuck in a cycle of emotional and financial reliance on their parents. Many of these adult children are unemployed, not pursuing higher education, and living with their parents despite no physical, neurological, or intellectual disabilities. When their parents attempt to enforce boundaries or require more from their adult children, the explosive, guilt-inducing, or panicked reactions may cause parents to retreat.

In this webinar, we will explore the core symptoms shared by many highly dependent adult children. We will learn:

• About the reasons why adult children who should be living independently are not working or pursuing higher education, despite no physical, neurological, or intellectual disabilities
• How to identify the symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, OCD, and/or agoraphobia, which many of these adult children experience, but often resist treating
• How parents’ patience, generosity, and attention may actually be contributing to their child’s inability to launch into full adulthood
• About sample family plans for breaking maladaptive anxiety patterns, such as seeking reassurance with parents, relying excessively on parents for financial support, and coping with the fear of transitioning into adulthood
• About actionable strategies and innovative solutions for the dependency trap, where parent and adult child behaviors are mutually reinforcing and maladaptive

This webinar is designed for parents and therapists who are seeking to enhance their understanding of highly dependent adult children. Registrants will leave with concrete and innovative solutions for the dependency trap.

Click on Event Website Link below to register.