AI chatbots once seemed like a promising tool for mental health support but growing evidence, at least for now, suggests otherwise. These systems can subtly reinforce distorted beliefs, validate harmful narratives, and even create false memories. For those already feeling vulnerable, what feels like helpful advice may actually deepen confusion and distress.

Modern masculinity, emotional disconnection, and the hidden cost of societal expectations.

Midlife can be a difficult period for those presenting with narcissism. The collapse of dreams may evoke a sense of loss and loneliness.

The passage of time often shows its effects at the start of midlife, culminating in the collapse of unconscious fantasies.

Chloe was a single, independent, and successful businesswoman who had travelled the world as part of her expat career. She was a...

Perfectionism, workaholism, and high performance are traits often caused by the childhood trauma of parentification.

The experience of unworthiness affects not only how one perceives themselves but also their relationships, past, present, and future.

Many will end up hesitating or never engaging in psychotherapy because of their unconscious fear of change.

Attachment to trauma is an emotional attachment to childhood trauma that may be continuously re-enacted in adult relationships.

The capacity for mature adult love is not an absence of an unconscious fantasy but the ability to hold and contain them in the relationship.

Listening to a narcissistic individual talk about their sexual encounters with a never-ending line of romantic partners reveals the...

The impaired capacity for empathy and intimacy in close relationships is the main cause for the narcissist's difficulties with...

Unconscious fantasies guide, colour, and shape our romantic relationships. But because they are unconscious, we usually remain oblivious...

Narcissism is a term which is often colloquially misunderstood, misused, and carries a negative value connotation to describe someone who...

Parentification is a phenomenon that occurs when there is a reversal of roles between the parent and the child. This can be in the form...

Interpretive dynamic transactional analysis psychotherapy (IDTAP) (Zivkovic, 2020, 2022) is one of distinctly psychodynamic approaches to...

Difficulties with close relationships, especially romantic relationships, are some of the most common presenting issues in psychotherapy....

Eating disorders are mental conditions characterised by issues related to eating or weight control. They can present themselves as mental...

Western society places a strong emphasis on a child's education and their development as an independent individual. This societal...

Individuals who may seem excessively independent, resilient, self-reliant, dependable, workaholic, or committed to taking care of others,...