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Scenario

When siblings disagree on how to handle difficult parents

My brother and I are both trying to figure out how to have a relationship with our aging parents who were emotionally neglectful, and we have completely opposite approaches — he wants to set firm boundaries and I keep trying to fix things — and it's creating tension between us too.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people's different strategies for protecting themselves from past harm are preventing them from supporting each other in present challenges.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parts work and Internal Family Systems?”

Peri

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