S1.E24. Mature for Their Age: The Parentified Child Explained—with guest Madeleine Warren, therapist

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This week Anne and Alison talk with IFS therapist Madeleine Warren about the parentified child. We interview Madeleine Warren, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) about parentified children. This is a relationship children have with their parents in which the child takes on the parent’s role of emotional caretaking in the absence of the parent doing this for the child. This can result in children being labeled “mature for their age” or “an old soul”. These children often grow up feeling that they may not even have any needs, which Madeleine shares with a humorous and personal story. Madeleine Warren has a private practice in Evanston, Illinois where she works with individual adults and couples, many of whom have a trauma history and/or histories of childhood parentification. She is also an Assistant Trainer for the IFS Institute and runs IFS Consultation Groups for trained IFS therapists. She has a life partner who is a survivor, and no children, although she has been honored to offer some re-parenting and to facilitate inner-parenting with her clients.
00:00 Introduction with Anne and Alison
20:00 Interview with Madeleine
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1. S1.E24. Mature for Their Age: The Parentified Child Explained—with guest Madeleine Warren, therapist (00:00:00)

2. Interview with Madeleine (00:20:30)