Tag Archives: Covert Incest

  • Understanding Covert Incest
    Monday, October 14th, 2024

    Understanding Covert Incest

    The boundary between caring and incestuous love is crossed when the relationship with a child exists to meet the needs of the parent rather than those of the child....
  • What Is Covert Incest?
    Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

    What Is Covert Incest?

    What Is Covert Incest? Scott Brassart Covert incest, also known as emotional incest and parental enmeshment, is the surreptitious, indirect, sexualized emotional abuse of a child by a parent,...
  • Understanding Covert Incest
    Monday, October 14th, 2019

    Understanding Covert Incest

    The boundary between caring and incestuous love is crossed when the relationship with a child exists to meet the needs of the parent rather than those of the child....
  • Understanding Covert Incest
    Sunday, July 14th, 2019

    Understanding Covert Incest

    An important difference between overt and covert incest is that while the overt victim feels abused, the covert victim feels idealized and privileged. Yet underneath the thin mask of...
  • Adult-Life Symptoms of Covert Incest
    Sunday, March 24th, 2019

    Adult-Life Symptoms of Covert Incest

    The obvious signs of covert incest are obscured from plain view. It is like the air in the room – it’s here, but you don’t see it. Covert incest...
  • Understanding Covert Incest
    Sunday, September 2nd, 2018

    Understanding Covert Incest

    The boundary between caring and incestuous love is crossed when the relationship with a child exists to meet the needs of the parent rather than those of the child....