Tag Archives: Covert Incest

  • Understanding Covert Incest
    Thursday, August 16th, 2018

    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...
  • Are You a Victim (or a Perpetrator) of Covert Incest?
    Monday, April 16th, 2018

    Are You a Victim (or a Perpetrator) of Covert Incest?

    “Covert incest, also known as emotional incest (and sometimes as psychic incest), is the surreptitious, indirect, sexualized emotional use/abuse of a child by a parent, step-parent, or any other...