Talk:Enmeshment

Article looks great, publish!
The article looks great. I'm not quite sure why its sort of in "limbo" here and I'm totally unsure of the review process or what's expected to be gained. Once again I think the article is great as is. These are just suggestions and thought starters for possible enhancement and should not hold things up. I did a quick free text search on "Enmeshment" to mostly search for possible "see also" candidates and perhaps to widen the coverage (now or in the future). I'm personally pro cross linking and building up from what is already present. And pondering in the mind of the eager new reader... how does this relate to what I already know? So, here are some possibilities:

Personal boundaries generations in different compartments - something especially pertinent in families where unhealthy enmeshment overrides normal personal boundaries ... 9 KB (1,304 words) - 13:59, 12 April 2013

Codependent No More Beattie's recommended answer was to detach from over-involvement, from a toxic enmeshment in someone else's life and, without ceasing to ... 5 KB (778 words) - 06:43, 3 April 2013

Structural family therapy Boundaries are characterized along a continuum from enmeshment through semi-diffuse permeability to rigidity. Additionally, family ... 12 KB (1,725 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2013

Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy by verbal, physical, and sexual abuse) and with attachment wounds (such as those inflicted by parental rejection, neglect, and enmeshment). ... 11 KB (1,696 words) - 18:15, 5 April 2013

Lorna Smith Benjamin SASB describes human relationships as fitting along two axes: "love-hate," and "enmeshment-differentiation," with the additional dimension ... 3 KB (444 words) - 07:03, 26 February 2013

Heinz Kohut Else’s relationship with her son can be described as “narcissistic enmeshment ”. Strozier | 2001 | p 3, 16, 19, 22, 66 Kohut was not put into ... 14 KB (2,094 words) - 06:50, 1 April 2013

Co-rumination In addition, mother-adolescent co-rumination was related to positive relationship quality, but also to enmeshment which was unique to co- ... 12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:56, 31 October 2012

Pain disorder Reasons why fall under four possibilities: enmeshment, overprotection , rigidity , lack of conflict resolution Trauma and abuse: this ... 9 KB (1,250 words) - 17:12, 16 March 2013

Affect theory I suspect that the reason he refuses to watch movies is the sturdy fear of enmeshment in the affect depicted on the screen; the affect ... 9 KB (1,213 words) - 17:16, 9 April 2013

Interpersonal communication The enmeshment stage occurs when a relational identity emerges with established common cultural features. During this stage the couple ... 51 KB (7,381 words) - 16:58, 9 April 2013

Other quick thoughts off the top of my head...
 * Empathy (was even thinking at the level of mirror neurons...)
 * Enmeshment vs. splitting vs. projective identification, vs. introjection, projection, etc.
 * Enmeshment vs. Human bonding, Affectional bond, Attachment theory, Interpersonal relationship, Interpersonal ties, Breakup
 * Enmeshment & Sadomasochism, Stockholm syndrome, Obedience, Submissiveness, Sycophancy,Compliance (psychology)
 * Codependency, Counterdependency
 * Dysfunctional family, Enabling, Misplaced loyalty
 * Folie à deux
 * Enmeshment in Narcissistic personality disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder

Once again, I think the article is great to go, just as it is. Above are all just quick thought starters that may (or may not) jog the the content originator(s) to perhaps add more flesh, cross reference a bit more, as time and interest permits of course... Rick (talk) 01:59, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Have expanded See Also from above  Jacobisq (talk) 09:34, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

I re-arranged the paragraphs because Salvador Minuchin, not John Bradshaw, pioneered the concept of enmeshment. However, I no longer have Minuchin's books and therefore am unable to provide the additional reference that should be included with this article. Currently the article quotes a lot of textbooks but not Minuchin's actual books on family therapy. If someone has these books and can provide the appropriate citations it would GREATLY improve this article! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.2.61 (talk) 16:07, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

It's a start...
This article gives a very dry dictionary definition and then offers a random scattering of examples. I don't feel like I really understand this concept after reading this. For some reason most other sources online are the same way. Everyone talks around it without ever saying what it is. The example offered here of the surrogate parent scenario is actually one of the better examples I've found and hints at why everyone is so afraid of saying what it is point blank. It's child molestation. There you go. Not so hard, is it? Not coming out and saying it clearly though just causes more problems than it solves. Adamtakvam (talk) 21:04, 9 February 2022 (UTC)