Controlling Codependency: Keeping Others In Line
Narcissists always get a bad press and probably rightly so. (At this point, we should note that we should only use the term narcissist when someone has been officially diagnosed with NPD...
Narcissists always get a bad press and probably rightly so. (At this point, we should note that we should only use the term narcissist when someone has been officially diagnosed with NPD...
So, you have done the hard part. The narcissist is thankfully gone. It matters little whether discard happened or the courage was finally found to get rid of them, the…
In my last post, I talked about the value of meeting a "younger self" in visualisation. I said and believe that this is an emotional but worthwhile step in trying to come to terms with childhood trauma...
While doing inner child work with clients, I often run them through a guided visualisation where they meet and greet a younger version of themselves...
I have worked with codependents for many years and have witnessed first-hand the devastation that occurs when a cruel, self-centred individual breezes in and out of their life...
As humans, we have a never-ending ability to see the good in others. We forgive, we forget, we give the benefit of the doubt...
Sometimes the hardest task for a therapist is to convince a codependent that they have actually been abused by their narcissist (ex) partner...
When I give a free initial consultation to a new client and it concerns codependency, I often get asked a very relevant question...
There are many articles around on the internet about all types of narcissism and the dangers of being in a relationship with someone who has these tendencies...
There is an old saying that goes "One day in your life, you will look in the mirror and see your parent looking back at you"...