Sometimes Codependents Need Saving From Themselves
The masses of literature available on the Codependency-Narcissism dance will tell you there are enough of both in this world to make it a big issue...
Codependents And Infidelity: It Doesn’t Always Pan Out How You Might Expect
One confession that I make with some trepidation is that I was an avid watcher of the reality tv show "Cheaters", in the 90's. Joey Greco who was the host of the show built the cases up well and it made for interesting viewing...
Nostalgia And Connecting With My Inner Self
I have recently been very nostalgic about the Seventies. Not with any great fondness but it was a very significant time for me. In this decade, I went from being 8 to 18 and my near adult self was formed...
Be Kind To Your Internal Family And Gain Access To The Self
There are a range of books that tell us how to deal with our Internal family of thinking parts. Most centre on mantras and progressively aggressive language to deal with them...
How A Child Can Become A Parent Before Becoming An Adult
When we think about child abuse, our thoughts often stop at sexual abuse of minors. However, the term child abuse, often replaced by child maltreatment, has a broad spectrum of definition...
Building up to “Aha” Moments In Therapy
As a therapist, I am always happy when one of my clients has a "aha" moment. This is that very moment when everything comes together and you just know, it is going to initiate some form of positive change in the client's disposition...
Codependency: Stop The Rot By Connecting With Your Child
If you are a codependent and have children of your own, then there is a better than average chance that the codependent tendencies you have, will be passed down through a dysfunctional parenting...
When Codependents Become Resistant To Therapy
It is wrong to assume that if codependency is identified as an issue, the person concerned is codependent with everyone in his or her life...
Face It! Increasing Self-Esteem Is A Choice And Can Be Done Like This!
I once read something that has stuck with me for many years. It went something like "there is no success or failure in life... just success and learning opportunities"...
Want A New Start? Clear Out The Dead Wood First
Change is never easy but we face it every day. For some it is a terrifying experience, for others an opportunity. We all, see it, feel it and deal with in in different ways. How we see it, feel it and deal with it will generally determine how difficult it will be...
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