Podcast: Codependency No More
In 2015, I had the pleasure of taking part in a podcast that looked at how inner child therapy can help with codependency and it is as relevant now as…
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Relationships: Stay Or Go: The Decisive Factors
There are times in our lives when big decisions have to be made and the consequences faced, however grim they may be. How many of us can actually say we…
7 Reasons Why Your Relationship Is Not Working
Nothing is perfect and that goes for relationships too. Even in the best of intimate relationships, there are those subtle and not so subtle signs that harmony is being disrupted.…
The Effects Of Shame: A Case Study
Shame is the driver of many of the issues we face in our lives. Even experienced therapists do not always see the impact that shame based thinking can have on…
The Advantages Of Defensive Pessimism
Can you imagine a therapist telling a patient to think negatively ? To concentrate on the less positive aspects of the issues they are having ?…
How We React To Shame And Why We Keep It Hidden
Many codependents that I deal with have real issues with shame that was acquired in childhood. Initially, this starts with adaptive protection measures…
The Formation Of An Inner Critic
Life sometimes tells us that we are not deserving. We go through long periods of believing that there is something inherently wrong with us. One of the major factors in this process is the formation of an inner critic which is a major underlying cause of depression and low self-esteem…
Nurture Your Inner Critic
There are a range of books that tell us how to deal with our family of inner critics. Most centre on mantras and progressively aggressive language to deal with them…