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...
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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...
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…
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...
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...
Asking A Question Sometimes Helps
I run a feature on my blog titled Ask Me A Question. It is there so anyone can pose a question concerning their situation, disorder, relationship or anything else that they want some advice on...
Recovery from Codependency Is Ultimately About Making The Right Choices
There are many programs that one can subscribe to in order to recover from a codependent life. All of them offer something different from different angles and theories...
The Roots Of Codependency: Look To Bonding And Parental Common Sense!
There is an old saying: "anyone can have a child but not everyone can be a parent". These wise words are very true and can be applied to a lot of the parenting we all see day to day...
The Lack Of Psychological Birth That Leads To Codependency
Codependency is not a disease and should not be treated like one. When managed care systems finally recognise it as a disorder, there will surely be a push to apply a medical model to recovery...
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