Showing posts with label emotional abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emotional abuse. Show all posts
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Relationships: What's the Difference Between Stonewalling and the Silent Treatment?

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I wrote about stonewalling in a prior article (see my article: Are You a Stonewaller? ). In the current article I'm focusing on the diff...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

What is Trauma Bonding in Relationships?

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Trauma bonding is a psychological response to abuse. The abuse can be emotional or physical, and trauma bonding occurs when the person who i...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Trauma Therapy: Why Establishing Safety For the Client is So Important Before Processing Trauma - Part 2

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In my prior article , I began a discussion about the importance of establishing safety for clients in trauma therapy before trauma is proces...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Seeing Yourself as a Loner vs. Experiencing Yourself as Not Belonging

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In my prior articles, Seeing Yourself as "Independent" vs. Feeling Shame For Feeling Like a Burden  and Seeing Yourself as "R...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

"Bait and Switch" as a Form of Manipulation in Relationships

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As a psychotherapist in New York City, I see many clients who complain that their significant other made promises to them that they didn...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Relationships: Taking Back Your Personal Power

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In a prior article I began a discussion about giving away your personal power to someone who isn't treating you well (see my article: Ar...

Relationships: Are You Giving Away Your Personal Power to Someone Who Doesn't Treat You Well?

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In prior articles I've discussed issues relating to people who are ambivalent about leaving an emotionally abusive relationship (see my ...