Showing posts with label family of origin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family of origin. Show all posts
Monday, January 15, 2024

How Do You Handle Blame? Are You an Internalizer or an Externalizer?

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How you handle blame can tell a lot about yourself. It can also have a big impact on your personal and work-related relationships (see my ar...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Freeing Yourself From Family Expectations and Beliefs That Are Harmful to You

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Many families have longstanding beliefs and expectations that are passed on from one generation to the next.  When they work well, these dyn...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Working in Therapy to Accept Your Emotional Needs

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Many people feel ashamed of their emotional needs because they grew up in families where they were made to feel ashamed for even having emot...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Learning to Communicate Effectively With Your Therapist

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In a prior article, I discussed how there are often ruptures and repairs in therapy between clients and their therapist (see my article: Rup...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Feeling Caught Between Your Spouse and Your Mother

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In an ideal world, spouses and in-laws would get along and no one would feel caught between a spouse and their parents.  Unfortunately, we d...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Emotional Support From Your Family of Choice

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Having the love and emotional support of family and friends is an important part of life for most people.  It can make all the difference be...
Monday, March 4, 2013

Are You Avoiding the Problems in Your Relationship?

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Are you facing or avoiding the problems in your relationship?  Many couples avoid dealing with their problems for years, especially if it ha...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

LGBTQ Relationships: Dealing with Homophobia in Families

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As a psychotherapist in New York City, I've worked with many LGBTQ in couples counseling as well as in individual therapy where their fa...