Online therapy and mental health blog
I once had a client who was involved with the most abusive, self-absorbed, self-centred, controlling man you could ever imagine. He abused her physically, emotionally, financially and verbally to the…
You are swept away in a tide of emotional abandon with a seemingly like-minded person who only has your interests at heart. You fall in love fully and completely, you…
The concept of an inner critic is well known but most people have to deal with more than one manifestation. There might be one that attacks you for doing too much…
When divorce and separation happen and children are involved, it is generally traumatic for all concerned. One aspect of this is that two people who used to be in a relationship have to co-parent as ex-partners…
I have always held a keen interest in Inner Child Therapy and incorporate it into my work with clients as much as possible. I truly believe that it can touch…
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…
Consider the following situation. Paula, as a five year old, enjoyed being outside with her friends, male and female, playing with a ball, riding her bike and generally enjoying the…
Inside all of us is an underdeveloped part referred to as the inner child. It can manifest in various forms. It can be the happy, carefree child who was left…