Tag Archives: Covert Incest

  • What Is Covert Incest?
    Monday, January 12th, 2026

    What Is Covert Incest?

    Scott Brassart It is well understood that addictions tend to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. Among the most potent environmental risk factors is childhood...
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  • The Longer-Term Impacts of Covert Incest?
    Monday, May 26th, 2025

    The Longer-Term Impacts of Covert Incest?

    Scott Brassart Typically, covert sexual abuse (emotional incest) occurs when a child’s parents have distanced themselves from one another physically and emotionally. (Often, this is caused by an addiction...
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  • Understanding Covert Incest and Its Impact
    Thursday, August 1st, 2024

    Understanding Covert Incest and Its Impact

    Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT Covert incest, also known as emotional incest and parental enmeshment, is the surreptitious, indirect, sexualized emotional abuse of a child by a parent, stepparent,...
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