Course Description
This mini course, “Understanding Emotional Immaturity — Your First Step to Emotional Freedom,” is designed specifically for adult children of emotionally immature parents who are seeking clarity and healing. Through clear explanations and guided reflections, you’ll begin to recognize how emotional immaturity has shaped your family dynamics and your own emotional responses. You’ll uncover survival strategies you developed as a child, learn why setting boundaries feels so difficult, and take your first practical steps toward reclaiming your emotional freedom. With bite-sized lessons and thoughtful activities, this course offers a gentle but powerful introduction to a deeper healing journey.
What This Mini Course Covers
Understand Emotional Immaturity
Gain clear insights into what emotional immaturity looks like in parents and how it impacts your feelings and behaviors.
Identify Your Survival Strategies
Discover the coping mechanisms you developed growing up and how they may be affecting your life today.
Take Your First Step Toward Healing
Start building self-awareness and emotional freedom with practical reflection exercises and simple tools.
Who This Course Is For
🌟Adult children of emotionally immature parents who want to understand their family dynamics better 🌟People struggling with setting or enforcing boundaries due to complicated family patterns 🌟Anyone feeling stuck in confusion, guilt, or frustration related to their parent’s emotional limits 🌟Those ready to start healing but unsure where to begin or overwhelmed by the bigger picture 🌟Individuals who want practical, manageable tools for self-awareness and emotional growth
Format & Time Commitment
This self-paced mini course includes short, easy-to-follow video lessons, guided reflection prompts, and downloadable worksheets to support your learning. You can complete the course in just a few days if you want a deep dive, or take your time and move through the material at a pace that feels right for you. No pressure — just practical tools and insights whenever you’re ready to use them.
Meet Your Guide: Sara Forcella
Sara is an educator, licensed clinical social worker, Certified EMDR Therapist™ and Level II Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with over a decade of experience helping survivors of relational trauma. She also has specialized training in supporting adult children of emotionally immature parents. Having personally navigated the challenges of emotional immaturity, Sara deeply understands the profound impact it can have. She is passionate about helping others heal, sharing the insights and tools she has gained along the way. With a warm, compassionate, and approachable style, she is committed to guiding participants through a transformative journey of self-discovery, healing, and growth.
Course Curriculum
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Understanding What Emotional Immaturity Is and How It Impacts Us
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Lesson 1: What is Emotional Immaturity?
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Reflection Questions
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Lesson 2: How Developmental Trauma Shapes a Child’s Brain, Nervous System, and Core Beliefs
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Reflection Questions
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Lesson 3: Survival Roles and Core Beliefs
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Reflection Questions
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Lesson 4: Gaslighting & Manipulation – How Reality Was Twisted
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Reflection Questions
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Lesson 5: Emotional Engulfment – When Your Parent’s Emotions Take Over
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Reflection Questions
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BONUS LESSON: Hope Complicated Grief and Acceptance
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Reflection Questions
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A Note as You Finish
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📄Continuum of Emotional Immaturity
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📄The Emotional Immaturity Wheel
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📄Stages of Acceptance: A Healing Road Map for Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
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📄Cheat Sheet: Managing Relationships with Emotionally Immature Parents
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📄Affirmations for ACEIPs
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References
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Bibliography
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Recommended Resources
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