When we think of familial abuse we assume it’s adults abusing children. But some adults are pushed around and maltreated by their kids or stepkids. We need to help such clients deal with the effects to improve their own wellbeing but also help the children become well adjusted adults.
Relationships Therapy Articles by Mark Tyrrell
Relationships are the stuff of meaningful life. People need people. Most clients will have one or more relationship issues. Reams of research show us that loneliness, disconnection from family and friends, alienation cause not only mental ill health but physical problems too. So when relationships go wrong it can feel almost like an existential threat. Happiness is so often found within good relationships and when we help our clients connect in healthy ways with the people in their lives we help them thrive and form a base from which they can build ever more meaningful lives.
Relationship Wreckers to Help Your Client Avoid
For some people, it’s harder for new relationships to ‘take’, to grow and thrive. And it may, at least in part, be down to some common mistakes. So what are the seven most destructive relationship mistakes? And how can you help your clients avoid them?
When People Are Treated Badly Why Do They Go Back For More?
Have you ever noticed how some people in relationships seem to be gluttons for punishment? Like a moth to a flame they return to be burnt again and again by a manipulative, cruel or even physically abusive partner.
How to Help Lonely Clients
Making friends isn’t always something that ‘just happens’, especially for those who perhaps work in isolating ways. Loneliness seems to be getting more widespread and its consequences can be dire. So if clients are struggling to develop friendships, here are some ways we can help.
The World Can Float by Itself
How do your clients perceive their role in their relationships? If they feel overly responsible, that very attitude could be creating much of their distress. Here are three strategies to help clients who feel overly responsible for most everyone else.
How to Help Clients Overcome Fear of Confrontation
Confrontation isn’t always easy and doesn’t always go smoothly. But, like a bitter medicine, it may hold a cure. So what about those who just can’t confront others? If you ever work with clients who feel they would rather do anything than confront someone, I hope these ideas are useful.
Help Ease Your Client’s Adult Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry can be complex. Love and envy, affection and resentment can and often do coexist within one relationship – but they make uncomfortable and messy bedfellows. Here I offer five strategies that may help you help any clients who exhibit sibling rivalry.
How to Help Your Client Overcome Fear of Rejection
The fear of rejection can stalk our minds like some mythical monster, terrorizing our dreams and casting a shadow across our every thought. Here are seven tips to help you help your clients overcome a morbid fear of rejection to live a fuller and happier life.
One Guiding Principle for Family Therapy
Family therapy is an effective treatment for a wide range of mental health and relationship problems. It can help families improve their communication skills, manage conflict, and cope with life transitions. And because families are systems, small changes can create large effects. Here I want to explore the one principle that governs so much of […]
3 Reasons Clients Stay in Abusive Relationships
It can seem baffling, infuriating even, when an abused partner stays with an abuser, even more so when they go back to them after having left. But often it is every bit as baffling and infuriating for the person being abused. So why do people stay in these relationships, and how can we help the […]
