From Guilt to Growth: The Practice of De-Parenting
3 Hours
Monday, December 14th, 2026 1:45 PM EST -4:45 PM EST Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D.
Monday, December 14th, 2026 1:45 PM EST -4:45 PM EST Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D.
3 CE Credits
Price
Paid
$59.99 USD
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Description
De-Parenting is the therapeutic and intrapersonal process of identifying, disentangling from, and releasing internalized family rules, roles, and obligations that undermine autonomy and self-worth. Drawing from family systems, attachment, and trauma-informed theories, this training introduces clinicians to Dr. Arnoff’s De-Parenting Framework as the necessary precursor to effective re-parenting and sustainable self-compassion. Clinicians will learn how to help clients recognize inherited narratives and their impact on adult functioning and relationships, tolerate guilt, ambiguous loss, and grief that come with boundary-setting, as well as build capacity for healthier self-concepts and chosen relationships grounded in safety, reciprocity, and belonging.
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About the Presenter:
Dr. Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Beacon, NY, specializing in evidence-based treatment for adolescents, young adults, and high-risk clinical presentations. She has developed CE courses on culturally responsive care, chronic pain, parental mental illness, and suicide prevention. Drawing on cognitive-behavioral, attachment-informed, and trauma-responsive frameworks, Dr. Arnoff created the De-Parenting model to help clients heal inherited family dynamics early and effectively, and shares her expertise widely through professional trainings, publications, and podcasts.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how internalized parental rules and attachment patterns contribute to client distress and relational difficulties.
- Describe the guilt, grief, and ambiguous loss that often accompanies boundary-setting with family of origin.
- Define new relational frameworks that prioritize safety, reciprocity, and authenticity beyond the family of origin.
Agenda:
| Time | Section & Chapter Focus | Format / Key Content |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 – 0:15 (15 min) | Welcome, Orientation & Defining De-Parenting |
Lecture + Guided Discussion – Introduce learning objectives and clarify distinctions between de-parenting and re-parenting. |
| 0:15 – 0:45 (30 min) | Roles, Rules & the Protective Self |
Lecture Experiential Activity 1 Group Debrief: |
| 0:45 – 1:15 (30 min) | Attachment and Guilt | Mini-Lecture + Somatic Practice: Review how early attachment patterns and perfectionistic coping maintain guilt and conditional worth. Lead a 3-minute Somatic Tracking exercise from the workbook, locating guilt or tension in the body, labeling sensations without judgment. Discussion: Translating somatic work into client interventions (CBT + trauma-responsive integration). |
| 1:15 – 1:25 (10 min) | Break | — |
| 1:25 – 1:55 (30 min) | Family Scripts, Gratitude & Obligation |
Lecture + Guided Exercise 2 Discussion: Distinguishing gratitude from indebtedness. |
| 1:55 – 2:25 (30 min) | Guilt-Resilience & Permission to Choose Yourself ( |
Activity 3 – The Guilt-Resilience Toolkit: Introduce workbook tools (Name It Out Loud, Soften the Script, Body-Based Regulation, Values Anchoring). Participants practice writing one “Permission Script” (e.g., “I’m allowed to need rest.”). |
| 2:25 – 2:50 (25 min) | Grief & Ambiguous Loss in De-Parenting |
Lecture + Reflective Writing: Discuss mourning the parent who didn’t protect, sibling losses, and ambiguous grief. Clinical Discussion: Supporting clients through grief without pathologizing distance. |
| 2:50 – 3:00 (10 min) | Integration, Application & Q + A |
Large-Group Reflection: “Which concept will most influence your clinical work?” Review take-home journaling prompts |
Accreditation - This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
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- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0122.
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This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an intermediate level, and is beneficial for an intermediate level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
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