Attachment to Trauma and Toxic Relationships
Attachment to trauma is an emotional attachment to childhood trauma that may be continuously re-enacted in adult relationships.
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Aug 2312 min
What Is Love? Unconscious Fantasies and the Couple’s Capacity for Intimate and Mature Love
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.
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Jun 128 min
How Unconscious Fantasies Influence Romantic Relationships
Unconscious fantasies guide, colour, and shape our romantic relationships. But because they are unconscious, we usually remain oblivious...
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Jun 513 min
Narcissism: Subtypes and the Relationship With Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
Narcissism is a term which is often colloquially misunderstood, misused, and carries a negative value connotation to describe someone who...
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May 3111 min
The Loneliness and Pain of the Parentified Child
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...
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May 2211 min
Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Romantic Relationships
Difficulties with close relationships, especially romantic relationships, are some of the most common presenting issues in psychotherapy....
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May 1015 min
Parentification and the Childhood Trauma of the Parentified Child
Individuals who may seem excessively independent, resilient, self-reliant, dependable, workaholic, or committed to taking care of others,...
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Apr 146 min
Subjective Experience of Emptiness
The subjective experience of emptiness or inner emptiness is a psychological symptom in which an individual feels a sense of hollowness...
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Apr 118 min
Codependency and the Dynamics of Codependent Relationships
Codependency is a controversial mental health concept more often used in colloquial rather than professional mental health settings. It...
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Apr 310 min
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition that affects how a person experiences themselves and how they...
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Mar 317 min
Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma refers to adverse experiences that occur during a person's early years. These experiences can have lasting effects on an...
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Mar 236 min
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders can have a profound impact on an individual's life, affecting their sense of self, relationships, work, and overall...
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Mar 233 min
Complex PTSD and Trauma
Complex PTSD, also known as C-PTSD, is a mental health condition that develops in response to either a single traumatic event, but more...
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Jul 7, 20235 min
The Sense of Meaning and Purpose
The sense of meaning and purpose is, in various forms, one of the most common themes in psychotherapy. For many, it is present as they...
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Jun 2, 20237 min
The Hidden Faces of Dependency
It may seem that a person who avoids commitment may have nothing in common with someone that continuously clings to others. Or, yet...
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