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"...
How Your Mind Works Put Simply
I have just finished writing a series of codependency stories where I documented various aspects of situations people found themselves in and how different aspects of their character...
Codependent Stories Day 11: Alcoholism And Enabling
Today we meet S who is married to a functioning alcoholic. He has been that way since they met and despite her protests...
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...
How Conflict Can Better Your Relationship
Conflict in a relationship is inevitable. In itself, conflict is not a problem; how it is handled, however, can bring people together or tear them apart...
Dealing With Internal Conflict: A Case Study; Part 1: Awareness and analysis
Using the term "Analysing the voices in your head" will often conjure up images akin to the famous film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson...
Codependents And Alcoholics: Keeping The Addiction Cycle Turning
There is much written on the internet (including by me) about the "new codependency", the "love addiction", documenting poor souls trapped in relationships with "narcissist"...
Combining Two Effective Therapies To Help Codependents
Codependency is a complex issue and many therapists doubt its existence. They might agree somewhat with the classic definition of codependency where an enabling partner helps an addict maintain...
Connecting With Your Inner Child… What It Means And How To Do It
Just recently, I have been doing a lot of inner child work with very interesting results. Touching the part of our emotional memory that has been locked away for years, can be a powerful, enlightening experience...
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...
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