What happens when a child is forced to grow up too soon? Parentification occurs when children take on adult responsibilities, often sacrificing their own emotional needs to care for others. While these children may grow into highly capable adults, they often struggle with guilt, anxiety, boundaries, and burnout. Learn how parentification shapes adult relationships, why these patterns persist, and how therapy can help you heal and finally put down the weight you were never mea

Your childhood doesn’t explain everything about who you are, but it may explain why certain things feel so big today. Therapy isn’t about blaming parents or living in the past. It’s about understanding where our beliefs, reactions, and coping patterns began, how they still show up in our lives, and deciding which ones we’re ready to change.