“I will sacrifice myself for you.” About the phenomenon of parentification in the family

• Authors: Krawczyk, Renata

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the issue of parentification, which involves reversing roles in a family in which the child acts as a guardian, partner, confidant to his/ parent or siblings. Requirements and burdens resulting from the role of an adult are usually inadequate to the child’s level of development and emotional abilities. The phenomenon of parentification has been characterized and its main aspects are presented based on clinical material from psychotherapy sessions of 20 people.

Keywords

EN

parentification; work with family; psychotherapy

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Praca Socjalna
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 35(5)
• Pages: 113-137

Dates

published

2020-10-12

Contributors

author

Krawczyk, Renata

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.4429