After Covid, Therapy and Therapists Need To Face A New World

I recently read an article in the New Yorker that highlighted the difficulty some psychotherapists are having during the lockdown. With clients not coming to their offices...

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What Is Counter-dependency?

Many of my recent posts have delved into some of the root causes of codependency and how developmental trauma plays a major role. This puts parenting (or the lack of…

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Love: Just Three Little Words?

I love you… Just words, often misused, often overstated, often said without conviction but when these three little words are missing...

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Fantasy Will Keep The Worst Of Relationships Going

How many of us have been in relationships we just know are going nowhere but we hang on untill the bitter end?...

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Challenge Your Self-Talk Or Stay Stuck

It's called self-talk, emotional traffic, inner conflict, internal family. Call it what you will, it can have a marked effect on the way we see the world...

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Why Codependents Stay With That “Special” Person

elationships are never as smooth as they could be and a major amount of hard work has to go in to keeping the ship afloat. If you read the many articles online about being in a relationship

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There Has Never Been A Better Time To Be A Violent, Controlling Abuser

If you are a violent, controlling narcissistic psychopath who controls every aspect of your partner's life with a fist of iron...

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Codependency: Emotional Manipulators – The Case For Locking The Door

I have seen many times a situation that is very frustrating for me as a therapist. Working with codependents, it is often advisable to ensure their recovery...

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We Can Only Hope The World Will Change

For us, this is the third week of lock-down, quarantine, isolation, or whatever other label you would like to put on it...

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Lockdown Is Having A Huge Impact On Rates Of Domestic Violence

For many people under lockdown in different countries, it is an inconvenience to our normal lives but one that contributes to the "greater good". We all know that at some…

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