NOTE: While these posts are not a substitute for therapy , the information is based on research articles, books, publications, and outcomes of client work across my years as a therapist. I hope these tools help you in some way.
Families often function by establishing patterns together that help create and sustain the illusion of security and maintain connection. These patterns may change when faced with stressors, and can shift towards dysfunction if stressors are cummulative, reacted to poorly, or of a significant...
What draws us to people is often what we have in common, but what creates romance with a particular is often our differences. Initially, we are intrigued by the qualitites in a person that are challenging to our own personality in some way. For instance, an outgoing person might be drawn to a...
