Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Parts Work in Therapy: Is an Unconscious Part of Yourself Running Your Life?

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Generally, we tend to think of ourselves as being integrated beings with unified personalities. We might recognize certain contradictions i...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Repeating the Same Behavior and Expecting Different Results

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I was talking to a friend recently about the idea of "repeating the same behavior and expecting different results." She gave me pe...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Becoming Aware of What We Offer in Our Interactions with Others

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"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by b...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Ambivalence and Codependence in the Mother-Daughter Relationship

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The topic of conflict and ambivalence in the mother-daughter relationship is the subject of this article. One article in a blog cannot do ju...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Do You Feel Like a Child Again During Family Visits?

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What is it about family visits that make so many people regress to feeling like young children again? How is it possible that people who fun...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Beware of Emotional Saboteurs

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Most of us have had the experience of being excited about a new idea or project, telling a friend or family member and having them douse our...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Relationships: Are You Projecting Your Negative Feelings About Yourself Onto Your Spouse?

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When two people are in a long-term relationship, it's not unusual for one or both people to project their own negative feelings about th...