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Connect Therapy MN Welcome! I'm a therapist + coach who helps people understand and heal from their past, and their emotionally immature parent

04/24/2026

We don’t talk ENOUGH about this -

How emotionally immature parents (EIPs) don’t just dismiss your wants and interests…

They SHAME you for even having them 💔

You learn EARLY on that:
- Your interests are “silly” or “just a phase”
- Your preferences are “annoying”
- Your excitement is “too much”
- Your wants are “selfish”

So of course you STOP asking
You downplay or hide what you like
You convince yourself you don’t really care

You become the person who is easy, low maintenance – because you have no opinions, likes, or wants

And then one day – usually in adulthood – you realize you don’t actually know WHAT you want anymore

Or worse – you DO know…but you feel WRONG for wanting it😢

So doing something as simple as buying something you WANT, and fully enjoying it WITHOUT guilt?

That’s not small - that’s HEALING

That’s you UNLEARNING the belief that your wants make you a problem

And that’s worth 🎉 celebrating

You are NEVER selfish for wanting or liking what you like

✨ If you’re ready to go deeper and rebuild your relationship with your wants, needs, and your REAL self - without feeling the need to minimize or hide - here’s how I can help:

✔️Therapy
✔️Coaching
✔️Support Groups:
- Childhood Emotional Neglect Support Group
- Support Group for Adult Children of Emotionally
Immature Parents (EIPs)

👉🏽Comment “2026” to get started

❤️‍🩹

04/24/2026

We don’t talk ENOUGH about this -

How emotionally immature parents (EIPs) don’t just dismiss your wants and interests…

They SHAME you for even having them 💔

You learn EARLY on that:
- Your interests are “silly” or “just a phase”
- Your preferences are “too much”
- Your excitement is “annoying”
- Your wants are “selfish”

So of course you STOP asking
You downplay or hide what you like
You convince yourself you don’t really care

You become the person who is easy, low maintenance – because you have no opinions, likes, or needs

And then one day – usually in adulthood – you realize you don’t actually know WHAT you want anymore

Or worse – you DO know…but you feel WRONG for wanting it😢

so doing something as simple as buying something you want, and enjoying it WITHOUT guilt?

That’s not small. That’s HEALING

That’s you UNLEARNING the belief that your wants make you a problem

And that’s worth 🎉 celebrating

You are NEVER selfish for wanting or liking things

✨ if you’re ready to go deeper and rebuild your relationship with your needs, wants, and your REAL self - here’s how I can help:

✔️Therapy
✔️Coaching
✔️Support Groups:
- Childhood Emotional Neglect Support Group
- Support Group for Adult Children of Emotionally
Immature Parents (EIPs)

👉🏽Comment “2026” to get started

❤️‍🩹

So many emotionally immature parents (EIPs) get this WRONG - They think reconciliation just takes a quick generic apolog...
04/24/2026

So many emotionally immature parents (EIPs) get this WRONG -

They think reconciliation just takes a quick generic apology, and more forgiveness and understanding from their child

❌But repair doesn’t work like that

Actual repair requires things like:
✔️Self-reflection
✔️Accountability
✔️Changed behavior

If those things are missing – the relationship won’t move forward, no matter how hard you try

And it’s not on YOU to get THEM to do the work

It’s not on you to make them understand, or to change

You’ve likely already been carrying the relationship, anyway

Noticing these patterns isn’t about giving up and just suffering in it

It’s about getting HONEST about what’s actually possible so you can stop 🛑 exhausting yourself trying to fix something that may not be fixable in the way you hoped

If you’re trying to figure out how to navigate a new way of relating to your emotionally immature parent - one that feels more safe, clear, and sustainable

✨Thus is exactly the work I help clients with in individual therapy, coaching, and my support groups

👉🏽Comment “2026” to get started with a free consult

04/21/2026

🚨Nobody warns you that SURVIVAL becomes your personality -

That being “low maintenance,” “easygoing,” or “independent” wasn’t just who you are - it was who you HAD to be

You learned how to read the room, how to stay small, how to not need too much, how to handle things on your own

And now as an adult? You’re undoing patterns that once protected you - but are now also keeping you disconnected, exhausted, and unseen

✨ And that work is hard - but it’s also where healing starts

If this resonates, you’re not alone - and you don’t have to unpack and heal from this by yourself:

✨I offer therapy, coaching, and support groups to help you reconnect with yourself, manage your emotions and triggers, and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships

👉🏽Head to connecttherapymn.com to learn more and finally start getting the support and tools you’ve always needed - but never received growing up

❤️‍🩹

04/21/2026

🚨Nobody warns you that SURVIVAL becomes your personality -

That being “low maintenance,” “easygoing,” or “independent” wasn’t just who you are - it was who you HAD to be

You learned how to read the room, how to stay small, how to not need too much, how to handle things on your own

And now as an adult? You’re undoing patterns that once protected you - but are now also keeping you disconnected, exhausted, and unseen

✨ And that work is hard - but it’s also where healing starts

If this resonates, you’re not alone - and you don’t have to unpack and heal from this by yourself:

✨I offer therapy, coaching, and support groups to help you reconnect with yourself, manage your emotions and triggers, and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships

👉🏽Comment “2026” and finally start getting the support and tools you’ve always needed - but never received growing up

❤️‍🩹

04/20/2026

“Don’t make mom mad!”

When this is the UNSPOKEN family rule, you quickly learn to:

🔺Stay quiet
🔺Be agreeable
🔺Read the room
🔺Keep the peace - no matter what it costs you

All to manage the person who REFUSES to manage themself

But peace that depends on your SILENCE and blind obedience isn’t peace - it’s control

❤️‍🩹If you’re ready to untangle yourself from the control your emotionally immature parent (EIP) has on your thoughts, confidence, and relationships -

👉🏽Head to connecttherapymn.com and let’s chat - there is a path forward and you don’t have to figure it out alone

❤️ child

P.S. I personally loved the first movie and can’t wait to see the second one - how about you?

04/19/2026

It’s been 27.5 minutes…

and you STILL haven’t been asked a single question about YOU 💔

If this is what conversations with your parent look like, of course you feel drained, frustrated - and completely ALONE in the relationship

Because connection requires CURIOSITY

It requires space for YOU to exist, too

Emotionally immature parents (EIPs), including low effort parents, often struggle with reciprocity because they don’t know how to show up in a way that creates real, mutual connection

So the conversation becomes one-sided…

With YOU being the listener, the container - the one holding it all together, including the relationship

But relationships aren’t supposed to feel like this

You deserve to be KNOWN

You deserve to be asked about your life

You deserve conversations that go BOTH ways

Especially with your own parent

❤️ Follow for more honest conversations about healing from emotionally immature parents

If you’re ready for support, I offer therapy, coaching, and support groups to help you get the actual insights and tools you need to do the work

❤️‍🩹

04/19/2026

“Don’t make mom mad!”

When this is the UNSPOKEN family rule, you quickly learn to:

🔺Stay quiet
🔺Be agreeable
🔺Read the room
🔺Keep the peace - no matter what it costs you

All to manage the person who REFUSES to manage themself

But peace that depends on your SILENCE and blind obedience isn’t peace - it’s control

❤️‍🩹If you’re ready to untangle yourself from the control your emotionally immature parent (EIP) has on your thoughts, confidence, and relationships -

👉🏽Comment “2026” and let’s chat - there is a path forward and you don’t have to figure it out alone

❤️ child

P.S. I personally loved the first movie and can’t wait to see the second one - how about you?

04/18/2026

It’s been 27.5 minutes…

and you STILL haven’t been asked a single question about YOU 💔

If this is what your conversations with your parent look like, of course you feel drained, frustrated - and completely ALONE in the relationship

Because connection requires CURIOSITY

It requires space for YOU to exist, too

Emotionally immature parents (EIPs), including low effort parents, often struggle with reciprocity because they don’t know how to show up in a way that creates real, mutual connection

So the conversation becomes one-sided -

With you being the listener, the container, the audience

But relationships aren’t supposed to feel like this

You deserve to be known

You deserve to be asked about your life

You deserve conversations that go BOTH ways

Especially with your own parent

❤️ Follow for more honest conversations about healing from emotionally immature parents

If you’re ready for support, I offer therapy, coaching, and support groups to help you get the actual insights snd tools to do the work

❤️‍🩹

Adult children aren’t cutting off contact because their parent said “NO”They’re cutting off contact because there’s a PA...
04/17/2026

Adult children aren’t cutting off contact because their parent said “NO”

They’re cutting off contact because there’s a PATTERN of their parent saying “NO” to the things that matter most in a relationship -

To things that we automatically EXPECT in any other relationship

❤️Quote from

✨Follow for more support, tips, and tools to untangle and heal from the impact of emotionally immature parents (EIPs)

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Some emotionally immature parents (EIPs) think keeping you ALIVE earns them a gold ⭐️ - …and automatic immunity from any...
04/16/2026

Some emotionally immature parents (EIPs) think keeping you ALIVE earns them a gold ⭐️ -

…and automatic immunity from any feedback that challenges that

❌But surviving is NOT the goal of childhood

Here are a few things that are:

❤️Discovering - and loving - who YOU are
🧡 Learning how to understand + handle emotions
💛 Learning how to create and maintain healthy relationships (with yourself and others)

When these things are MISSING in childhood, you end up struggling with them in adulthood💔

But this is NOT your fault - and it’s not something you have to struggle with the rest of your life

❤️‍🩹If you’re ready to start making sense of your experience, learn the skills and tools you didn’t get growing up, and feel understood every step of the way, here’s how I can help:

- Therapy
- Coaching
- Support Groups:
- Childhood Emotional Neglect Support Group
- Support Group for Adult Children of EIPs

👉🏽Comment “2026” to set up a free consult and let’s take the first step together

04/15/2026

‼️You don’t usually realize the FULL IMPACT of being raised by an emotionally immature parent (EIP) until adulthood…

…when genuine interest from someone feels unfamiliar - and you catch yourself feeling guarded instead of open

…when basic routines feel harder than they “should” -
sleep, goals, housework, etc

…when you move on from accomplishments without slowing down to even acknowledge them

…when someone points out that the way you show up in relationships isn’t actually healthy

✨That’s the thing about childhood emotional neglect (CEN) -

It doesn’t always look like something HAPPENED to you

It often looks like something was MISSING

And you don’t feel the weight of that until you’re the one trying to build and sustain life as a “functional adult” when you were never actually given the tools to do so

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