HELPING YOURSELF – Page 12 – The Online Therapist

Codependency: The Black And White Quest For Lost Connection

Imagine deciding to walk from one town to another while carrying a two hundred pound weight? Then, when you finally shed the weight, someone comes along with something even heavier...

Stop The Rage In Your Relationship

It is a fact to be taken for granted that couples argue and conflict will be a feature in their relationship. Conflict in itself is not bad and in fact it can improve a relationship if the couple concerned can learn from it...

Is This Your Relationship? If So, You Need To Change It Or Leave!

A good marriage with someone we truly love is generally the fairytale that is sold to us by society, sometimes parents and definitely religion...

What To Do When You Fall Out Of Love With Your Partner

very morning I make my wife coffee and take it to her in bed. I am an early riser and when she wakes up, I take it to her, she appreciates it and I like doing it...

Let’s Recognise Codependency For What It Is

At the time of writing, the term “codependency” cannot be found in any diagnostic manual anywhere. It is simply not classed as a recognisable disorder and as discussed earlier...

Inner Child Therapy: Countering the Inner Critical Voice

When I practice Inner Child Therapy with clients, we invariably meet the Inner Critic at some stage. This can often be identified because of the “should” statements that are associated with its advice...

Depression Now The Most Common Illness In The UK Seen By GPs: More Resources Urgently Required.

In 2012, I took part in a radio show that looked at the Reality of Depression and how loved ones could help sufferers in times of need. We suggested in the show that depression would be the number one treated illness by 2020...

Increase your Self-Esteem in 10 Days. Day 10: Celebrate Your Success

You have spent the last nine days learning how the voices and self-talk in your head can become a pattern and a terrible habit to fall into...

Increase your Self-Esteem in 10 Days. Day 9: Know Your Triggers

This covers the most vulnerable parts of your self-worth. It is your weakness. It can hit you in relationships, work, with authority figures or in many other aspects of your life...

Increase Your Self-Esteem in 10 Days. Day 8 : Knowing Your Truth

We often have an instinct of what our truth and reality is but it is often overridden by other more invasive barriers that prohibit the expression of our truth...