Showing posts with label childhood abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label childhood abuse. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2025

The Traumatic Impact of Verbal Abuse on Self Esteem

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In a prior article I began a discussion about verbal abuse (see my article:  The Connection Between "Tough Love" and Verbal Abuse ...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Now That You're An Adult, Your Parents Have Changed Into the Parents You Wanted As a Child

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As a psychotherapist in New York City, I hear many adult clients tell me that they have problems reconciling who their parents were in the p...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Understanding How an Avoidant Attachment Style Affects You and Your Relationship

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In my prior articles, How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Relationship  and  How Early Attachment Bonds Affect Adult Relationships , I di...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Leaving Therapy Prematurely: Overcoming the Urge for a "Flight Into Health"

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In a prior article, When Clients Leave Therapy Prematurely ,  I wrote about clients leaving therapy before they've completed the work.  ...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Confusing Starting to "Feel Better" With Emotional Healing

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People often to come to therapy after their own efforts to heal emotionally haven't worked for them and they realize that they need help...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Relationships: Why Emotional Abuse Might Feel "Normal" to You

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People who were emotional abused as a children are more likely to experience emotional abused in an adult relationship as "normal"...
Monday, November 10, 2014

The Effect of Growing Up With a Parent Who Had Borderline Personality Disorder

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This is the third article in a series of articles that looks at the effect of growing up with a parent who had borderline personality disord...