CODEPENDENCY Archives - Page 38 of 50

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...

Narcissist Abuse: Being Hooked By The Illusion

As humans, we have a never-ending ability to see the good in others. We forgive, we forget, we give the benefit of the doubt...

Conditioning Can Be Changed But It Takes Hard Work And Awareness

A client who has been coming to therapy for quite some time, recently had a revelation where she finally realised that her family had conditioned her as a child to believe that she needed to behave in a certain way...

Working Hard On Core Beliefs

My clients have been doing some serious work lately.... leading to a few AHA moments. There have been some exciting times in my practice in the last few weeks...

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...

As A Codependent, I Was Horrible But I Am Now Using That Experience To Help Others

When I give a free initial consultation to a new client and it concerns codependency, I often get asked a very relevant question...

The Value Of Assignments In Therapy Cannot Be Understated

One of my clients said to me the other day that she had seen many therapists but no-one like me. While I was still trying to work out whether this was a compliment or not,...

The “Golden Child” Is An Abused Child… Simple

There are many articles around on the internet about all types of narcissism and the dangers of being in a relationship with someone who has these tendencies...