What We Tell Ourselves (And Listen To) Is Crucial
Yesterday, I was reminded by am email sent from a regular reader of my blog about the power of language and the use of certain words when reporting on the…
Category: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
A Sense Of Humour Helps In Enforced Isolation
I come from a country where the ‘stiff upper lip’ and ‘wartime spirit’ are very much part of the national psyche. Along with this, a sense of humour is usually…
Relationship Success Can Be Gauged By Looking At Attachment Styles
Anyone who has been in a long term relationship will testify to how it changes over time. There is the initial “falling in love” phase described earlier where there is…
Codependency: Setting Healthy Boundaries
I deal with many co-dependent people on a daily basis and one factor that is extremely common is the inability to set healthy boundaries. Codependent people experience emotional abuse in…
Codependency: Self-Care Is Essential And It Starts With You
Many codependents that I see in my practice have very little idea of the concept of self-care. This might be because they are generally dealing with the care of others…
Emotional Incest Or Invasive Parenting…Call It What You Will, It Is A Terrible Form Of Child Abuse
Can you imagine what it is like for a child who is trying to work out how the world works, being dragged into the adult world before they are ready?…
Clue Up On SAD: It Affects More People Than You Might Think.
As I woke up this morning, I realised that something was different. I’m not talking here about the ageing process here but the sudden change in the weather. Summer had…
Conditioning can be changed but it takes hard work and awareness.
A client who has been coming to therapy for quite some time, recently had a revelation where she finally realised that her family had conditioned her as a child to…