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Trauma Bonding Counselling General

Choose kindness …

Want to try an experiment, that I promise will change how you feel … for...

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Childhood Emotional Neglect – PART 3

This is PART 3 of Childhood Emotional Neglect – How does it impact adult relationships?...

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Trauma Bonding Counselling General

How to recognise emotionally abusive behaviour … PART A.

… both the charming and the ugly. Emotional abuse most often occurs covertly and usually...

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Childhood Emotional Neglect – PART 1

This is PART 1 of Childhood Emotional Neglect – What are the symptoms – the...

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Trauma Bonding Counselling General

Desperate to be loved?

There are so many other titles, that would sit just as comfortably with this blog...

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Trauma Bonding Counselling General

The one mistake we all inevitably make in relationships.

We turn our feelings into facts! This is the biggest mistake that we make in our...

Codependency - where love is not reciprocal but about giving too much at the expense of one's own well being.

The Dance of Codependency … Breaking Free from the Struggle for Love

Throughout history, people have spoken and written about the Dance of Love—a beautiful, mutual rhythm...

ADHD Trauma Bonding Counselling General

What is Trauma-Informed Relationship Therapy?

Relationships are the cornerstone of our emotional well-being, yet they can also be the source...

Abusive Love is not Love ... it is ABUSE! Not all relationships can improve with therapy.

Trauma Bonding Counselling General

Can counselling truly help every relationship?

What about toxic, manipulative, emotionally abusive, covert controlling, narcissistic relationships? The short answer is NO...

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ADHD Trauma Bonding Counselling General

Handling life … with the help of good therapy.

A deeply personal reflection … it’s only fair I be vulnerable, if I am inviting...

Relationship Creep - what made it change? What's happened to us? Could it be Adult ADHD? The loss of intimacy, far too many fights and arguments, walking on eggshells afraid to raise an issue, carrying too much of the responsibility load. Just feeling so confused and lost.

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HELP … my partner was unfaithful – What do I do?

What’s happened to us? Where did it go wrong? Is this relationship creep … the...

Reconnecting after an argument is easier when you deep breath and tap to calm your Autonomic Nervous System.

ADHD Trauma Bonding

Had another Argument? Here’s the quickest way to begin Reconnecting …

It can feel overwhelming and heartbreaking when yet another argument leaves you and your partner...