Building a healthy relationship with yourself takes time and effort if you have grown up with unhealthy relationships around you. It takes time to change the patterns that were put in place in childhood. Learning HOW to turn within and …
What Is Inner Child Work?
Inner Child work is part of many research-based psychotherapeutic models, including Transactional Analysis, internal family systems, EMDR, Gestalt Therapy, schema therapy and narrative therapy. The reason why it is part of so many therapies is that it WORKS. We all …
What Is The Inner Child?
If you feel ready to meet your inner child and start the reparenting work, you’ll love my ‘Meet your Inner Child’ short self-paced course
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Leave a comment if you know this inner push / pull dynamic. I think it is something most of us have experienced, if not in a relationship, then in another area of life. A wonderfully effective way to work with …
Coercive Control
I have witnessed some of these relationships up close and personal, and I can tell you that they can be SUPER confusing because the person concerned will often make you feel that you are the centre of the universe. They …
Does Your Relationship Have A Future?
According to Psychologist Gary W. Lewandowski’s (@lewandowskiphd) research, going through these questions and answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ will give you some insight into the potential longevity of your relationship. The more questions you answer ‘yes’ to, your relationship will likely …
Needs and the Avoidantly Attached
You may take pride in lacking needs, which has served as a protective mechanism in the past. You are likely to have developed a strong sense of self-reliance resulting in independence and excellent capabilities. However, does your fear of depending …
7 Things Do When You Have Been Ghosted
Leave a comment if you’ve ever been ghosted and found it triggering. I hope you find these tips helpful. Let me know how you handled being ghosted. It might help someone else. Tomorrow I’ll follow up with journal prompts to …
7 Things To Say Instead Of Ghosting
The following options leave room for hope, so only use these if they are true. Work has been crazy, and it needs to be my priority right now. I think should part ways, so you are not messed around. I’m …
Been Ghosted? Here’s Some Help
Follow @psychotherapy.central for more tips on how to do your inner work and form healthier, lasting relationships. With this practice, we can swap the word ‘ghosted’ for ‘triggered’. It is natural to feel triggered when you have been ghosted. Most …