Reflections on Group Therapy And The Need For Psychological Flexibility
I often ask myself that why it is that anxiety and depression are so common in a modern world where we should theoretically, be more content than we are...
I often ask myself that why it is that anxiety and depression are so common in a modern world where we should theoretically, be more content than we are...
I truly believe that the way we think about ourselves and the world we live in greatly determines the way we behave and act. We get that conditioning in childhood, good or not so good, and it is added to by gained experience over a period of time...
The 7 Day Challenge is well under way. So far we have covered Day 1 Check, Day 2 Challenge, Day 3 Visualise, and Day 4 Demons...
Let's deal with changing the way you think. We have to start somewhere and realising and recognising irrational thought patterns, how and why they happen is a very healthy process. However, if we stop there and take no affirmative action, where does it really get us.
Shame is the driver of many of the issues we face in our lives. Even experienced therapists do not always see the impact that shame based thinking can have on the Self...
Much of the thinking that we employ on a daily basis is a reflection of childhood and interaction with our caregivers. I am very much on the nurture side of the nature versus nurture argument...
We can all remember events in our childhood where we felt shame and those memories linger. You can see children being shamed every day on the streets of any town or city...
I am currently reading The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz. It is a captivating book that looks at the interactions between a psychoanalyst and his patients...
It’s never easy to carry the burden of your childhood, your somewhat dysfunctional connection to the imperfect people we grew up with, and finally come to the realization as an adult that it has affected our whole life...
Let's examine some of the behaviour traits of a codependent. This list is by no means exhaustive but is, in my opinion a list of the most typical...
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