Showing posts with label controlling behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label controlling behavior. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2025

How to Stop Trying to Fix People and Focus on Yourself

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A common problem I see in my psychotherapy private practice is clients who are trying hard to fix people instead of focusing on themselves (...
Friday, April 13, 2018

How Do You Know If You're in an Unhealthy Relationship?

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How do you know if you're in an unhealthy relationship?  Being objective about whether or not your relationship is healthy for you can b...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Relationships: Is Your Partner's Behavior Kindness or Controlling Behavior?

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I've written about relationship issues in prior articles (see my articles: How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Relationship  and  Fea...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Blackmail

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Emotional blackmail is a term that was coined by a psychotherapist, Susan Forward.  Basically, emotional blackmail is a form of manipulation...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

Are You in a Toxic Relationship?

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You usually don't get to really know someone that you're seeing until you've been with them for a while.  During the initial ...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Changing Maladaptive Coping Strategies that No Longer Work for You: Controlling Behavior

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In prior blog posts, I addressed avoidant and passive coping strategies as maladaptive strategies that usually do not work by the time we be...