How Childhood Abuse Can Subdue The Inner Child
When we think about child abuse, our thoughts often stop at sexual abuse of minors. However, the term child abuse...
Get My New App: The Online Therapist on Apple and Android
If you enjoy reading the varied articles on my blog The Online Therapist, you will be excited to know that it is now available as an app for both Android and Apple. Please go to the links below to download...
Inner Child Therapy: How We Become What We Are
Consider the following situation. Paula, as a five year old, enjoyed being outside with her friends, male and female, playing with a ball...
Your Inner Child And Why It Is Important To Learn To Reparent
Inside all of us is an underdeveloped part referred to as the inner child. It can manifest in various forms...
Challenge Your Self-Talk Or Stay Stuck
It's called self-talk, emotional traffic, inner conflict, internal family. Call it what you will, it can have a marked effect on the way we see the world...
Self-Isolation For The Anxious
The Coronavirus is here and it's becoming increasingly scary. From 12pm today, I along with the rest of the population in the country I live in, will only be allowed outside...
Narcissists And “Magical Thinking”: An Avoidance Of Shame
Narcissists avoid shame at all costs. It is their nemesis or "kryptonite", if you want to see it that way. It's not clear where the roots of narcissism start but generally held opinions point...
Codependents Need To Learn To Feel
Developmental trauma is the root cause of codependency. By trauma, I mean that a codependent in childhood sought but never attained connection with a caregiver...
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...
Two Codependents Will Also Find A Relationship Difficult
Very often codependents attract a certain type. Used to giving and sacrificing, they naturally tend towards partners who like to take and receive anything that is on offer...
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