FAMILY ISSUES – Page 5 – The Online Therapist

A Debate On Parenting: The Importance Of Applying Consistency

At this present time, there are many families in lockdown and homeschooling children the best they can. Many of these parents are also working from home and trying to survive…

There Has Never Been A Better Time To Be A Violent, Controlling Abuser

If you are a violent, controlling narcissistic psychopath who controls every aspect of your partner's life with a fist of iron...

Making Sure Your Relationships Survive In These Trying Times

There has already been much written about how to survive the current crisis. Advice is everywhere from how to exercise and eat properly to how to stave off boredom and deal with shortages...

Reblog: My 5 easy-to-do tips to make working from home a sustainable and pleasant experience!

Excellent post highlighting what it takes to feel comfortable working from home...

Self-Isolation Is Difficult: Lessons From Day 3

We are lucky enough to work from home so we have plenty of opportunity to keep our minds active. In fact, my workload especially has increased...

The Concept Of Death Anxiety And How It Can Help Us Live Life To The Full

At the moment, I am reading the excellent book by Irvin Yalom, Staring At The Sun. I am a great fan of the author generally and his ideas...

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 more sex...

Can A Marriage Survive An Affair: Two Opposing Views

n affair in a marriage or relationship will usually break it. A high percentage of marriages will end after an affair due to the emotional turmoil that occurs...

Beware The Narcissist Grandparent

Some years ago, I wrote about the concept of the golden child in a family. Succinctly put, this is a child who is asked to maintain the self esteem of a narcissist parent...

Parental Alienation: The Issues Are Not Gender Specific

As stated in my last post, there was a huge reaction last week to a post I wrote some time ago. It was actually the second time it had gained so much attention in the year since it was first published...