reparenting

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ parenting.

Noun

reparenting (uncountable)

1. (psychology, New Age) A form of psychotherapy in which the therapist actively assumes the role of a new or surrogate parental figure for the client, in order to treat psychological disturbances caused by defective or abusive parenting.
   • 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN‎:

     The way you talk to yourself is a good way to discern if reparenting might be useful to you, he said.

Verb

reparenting

1. present participle and gerund of reparent