Take Your Internal Family To A Safe Place
In my last post, I talked about the value of meeting a "younger self" in visualisation. I said and believe that this is an emotional but worthwhile step in trying to come to terms with childhood trauma...
Meeting Your Younger Self Tells You All You Need To Know
While doing inner child work with clients, I often run them through a guided visualisation where they meet and greet a younger version of themselves...
Soothing Our “Child Part” Will Keep The Narcissist At Bay
I have worked with codependents for many years and have witnessed first-hand the devastation that occurs when a cruel, self-centred individual breezes in and out of their life...
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...
How Our Childhood Never Really Leaves Us… Until It Does
There is an old saying that goes "One day in your life, you will look in the mirror and see your parent looking back at you"...
Why Most Codependents Are Women
The ideal woman for many men comes straight out of a codependent checklist. Many women are taught from an early age that they have to be a certain "way" around men...
Codependency Stories Day 13: Trauma Bonding With A Narcissist
Today we meet J who is in an abusive relationship with S. In therapy, she has documented evidence of frequent physical, emotional and verbal abuse...
Codependency Stories Day 10: Day 1 Revisited
Today, we revisit the exploits of A and B who were the focus of Diary Week 1. After a few weeks of harmony, yet another fight happened which led to A giving B...
Codependency Stories Day 6
Today, we look at W who is making the biggest move of his life. W is moving across the country to be with his loved one...
Codependency: “I Know It Logically But Emotionally, I Don’t Get It”!
Many codependents I work with are stuck in relationships that are abusive, unfulfilling and going nowhere. The sad thing is that they are also going nowhere and stay when they know they should logically leave...
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