25: What Is Childhood Emotional Neglect? - a podcast by Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Welcome! My guest today is Dr. Jonice Webb, a clinical psychologist and blogger for Psych Central. She’s the author of the book, Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect. We’ll delve into this topic and its impact in our society today. Join us!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• The definition of Childhood Emotional Neglect: a parent’s failure to respond enough to the child’s emotional needs


• This condition is different from physical neglect and abuse.


• In her private practice, Dr. Jonice kept seeing patients with the same patterns.


• She has identified 12 different types of parenting styles that lead to Childhood Emotional Neglect.


• Children of CEN end up treating their children with the same patterns of behaviors, and no one really knows what’s wrong.


• Dr. Jonice has developed a questionnaire, designed for adults, to determine if you’ve been affected by this condition.


• Her book gives examples of what happens to a child with real-life vignettes.


• How to heal from CEN?




• Fully recognize and accept that CEN happened.


• Welcome back and get in touch with walled-off emotions.




• Dr. Webb wants to put together training for CEU’s for therapists who want to work on this specialty, but first, she wants to complete a research project to compile results.


• She is working on making a page on her website listing mental health providers who can work with people on CEN.


• Contact Dr. Webb at www.emotionalneglect.com or email her at jwebbphd@rcn.com. Sign up for her newsletter on her website and check out her blog at Psych Central!

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