Dr. Jonice Webb

Arundel, ME 04046, USA

2.2k Followers

Dr. Jonice Webb, PhD, a clinical psychologist, is a bestselling author, and the pioneer who identified and named childhood emotional neglect, a hidden experience that helps explain why so many capable, successful people struggle with emptiness, disconnection, and self-doubt despite having seemingly "fine" childhoods. During more than 35 years in clinical practice, Dr. Webb recognized a pattern that had never been defined in psychology. She introduced the concept of childhood emotional neglect, shifting the focus from what happened in childhood to what did not happen: the consistent emotional attunement every child needs. Dr. Webb is the author of the international bestselling books Running on Empty and Running on Empty No More, and her Psychology Today column has reached more than 13.5 million readers. Her work has helped millions finally understand experiences they had struggled to explain for years. Today, through her books, articles, and online programs, Dr. Webb continues to teach the emotional skills many people were never taught as children, offering a hopeful message grounded in decades of clinical experience: meaningful healing is possible at any age. To determine whether you might be living with the effects of childhood emotional neglect, you can take the free Emotional Neglect Questionnaire. You'll find the link below

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Reviews

Sara

Sep 6, 2026

It's kind of hard to wrap my brain around this topic because I feel that i have been doing the work all by myself for years. I tried to have meaningful conversations, closeness, loving relationship, not perfect of course but became fed up with trying to have a nice relationship and finally figured out that my partner came from a very negative and neglectful family background and now that I am doing the work on reclaiming my own personhood and learning self love. I no longer desire or care weather he wants to be close to me or not. I am doing really great on my own and it feels wonderful. Great eye opening. Thank you.

Paola Pulvirenti

Sep 5, 2026

Very good explanation, I’ll listen to it again to make it clearer and clearer for me😃 Thank you 🤗

Elaine

Sep 4, 2026

Neglecting self care because I think I don’t matter. At times I feel invisible. Your lectures are gentle and supportive and I am making changes. Thank you

Sue RH

Sep 2, 2026

Yes, this is me. I don't know if I've ever said " I want, I feel, or I need" but I will practice. Btw, I'm in my early 70's. My wonderful therapist has recommended that I read-- Your Perfect Right. I started it and it's not easy at this point but well worth going back to. Many thanks to you!

Elaine

Sep 1, 2026

As someone who fits the CEN profile in so many areas, I’m surprisingly good at some aspects of self-care. As a teenager I excelled at athletics and loved the praise I got from teachers and friends, though I don’t recall my parents taking much interest. I returned to running when in my 40s and went on to run over 20 marathons, which of course required a lot of training and good nutrition. Again ,I thrived with the encouragement and support of peers and running club coaches. In my 60s I still jog a few miles a week. I guess I’ve set myself an example of how I can re-parent myself in other areas!

Nicole D.

Sep 1, 2026

This quick structured teaching makes sense, and helps to understand defeating pattern (s) we may carry in life. And, next steps to help our deepest self to know self-love and self-care.

Charity Armstrong

Aug 31, 2026

Amazing!! Thank you soo much for these affirmations

Rodrigo Sotolani

Aug 31, 2026

Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s and being a gay child, I can see today how emotional neglect I’ve been through. It was unaware that it was a neglect. Many episodes of bullying and lack of confidence yielded so many problems later which I still struggle to overcome. Thank you for the series on this topic.

Carrie Private

Aug 30, 2026

Oh boy. This is really hitting home. Part of what I struggle with is I know a lot of it was due to the information my parents (especially my mom) had at the time. Dr. spock and the prevailing wisdom was to not let your child get too big of an ego. Now is that what I think because that was the truth or is it just another thing that I’m using to wall off things?

Joyce

Aug 30, 2026

Excellent talk & I love the affirmations! Great job!! 🙏🏽💜✨💜🙏🏽

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