Do you feel a kind of emptiness or numbness inside?
Do you feel unhappy or dissatisfied, but mystified about what is wrong?
Are your relationships unsatisfying?
​Do you have a hard time knowing what you want and need?
Do you have the feeling that something is fundamentally wrong with you, and if people saw the REAL you, they would reject you?

Whether you come from a high-functioning family, or a chaotic/ dysfunctional one, if your primary caregivers did not respond well enough to your emotional needs in childhood, you may still feel the effects as an adult. Jonice Webb calls this Childhood Emotional Neglect,  or CEN. 

CEN is invisible. It is about what was absent or missing, so it may not be easily recognized. For example...
~No one named/ validated/ responded to my feelings.
~No one expressed emotions in my house.
~My parents didn't know the real me.
~I knew was loved, but I didn't FEEL it. 

If you want to learn more about CEN and its effects, start with this online questionnaire. If some of the items resonate with you, you may find it helpful to read through Jonice Webb's articles and/or books on Childhood Emotional Neglect.

I am a Level One CEN-Trained therapist, and I'd like to help you open up your inner world to enrich your life and relationships!