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Impact of Enmeshment on Child Custody Cases

What is Enmeshment? Psychologists use the term "enmeshment" to describe a family dynamic in which boundaries between family members are blurred, leading to an over-involvement in each other's lives. Enmeshment occurs when a parent and child become excessively entangled in each other's emotional lives to the point where individual identities and boundaries become indistinct. Enmeshment can manifest in several ways: Lack...