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The Advantages Of Defensive Pessimism

Can you imagine a therapist telling a patient to think negatively ? To concentrate on the less positive aspects of the issues they are having ?...

Six Important Considerations For Your Relationship

I have written many times here {as well as telling my clients} that the basis of any relationship is trust, honesty, respect and the mutual meeting of each other's needs...

Anxiety: The Facts

Many of the clients I deal with in my online therapy practice suffer from anxiety. Anxiety is the disorder of our modern times and the amount of people suffering from it is increasing every year...

Codependency: Give It Time Before A New Relationship

Many codependent people find it difficult to be alone. They live in the constant fantasy that they need to be with someone (anyone) to feel ok about themselves. It is in this fantasy that they can best play out their codependent symptoms of trying to fix others...

With Narcissists, Action Always Speaks Louder Than Words

When we start a new relationship, we let a few things go that we might not later. We don't always set boundaries or recognise so-called 'red flags'. The adrenaline is just running too high and that is just the way we want it...

The Boundaries In Therapy Need To be Maintained

Just where are the boundaries between therapist and client? What can you expect your therapist to divulge about himself and his view on the world? This is often one of the confusing aspects of therapy for many clients...

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…

7 Habits Of Highly Ineffective Relationships

othing is perfect and that goes for relationships too. Even in the best of intimate relationships, there are those subtle and not so subtle signs that harmony is being disrupted...

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...

Couples Therapy: Two Case Studies

Therapy as a couple is hard and there are few guarantees. Many factors determine success or failure...