Ongoing loneliness tends to produce a sense of lost meaning. We need to feel life is meaningful, and deep relationships are a – perhaps the – vital way many people create and enjoy meaning in their lives. We all have a need for human contact, to give and receive attention. And, like any need, its […]
Articles on: Relationships
Helping the Adult Parentified Child
Having to be mature beyond our years early on isn’t always harmful. Sometimes it may help form wonderfully adjusted, productive, even happy human beings. But what about the disadvantages of an early life with little or no carefree play, overburdened with emotional and practical responsibility?
How to Help Your Client Through a Divorce
Just like marriage itself, the experience of divorce can be radically different for different people. Some ex-spouses continue to torment or try to control, and financial worries can feel overwhelming. But these three principles will hold good for anyone going through divorce.
How to Help Your Client Deal with Unkind Critics
Being on the receiving end of someone’s negative carping is demoralizing and downright depressing. Here I want to address how we can help clients become more resilient in the face of negative criticism.
Treating Psychological Impotence
Here are 5 ways to treat psychological blocks at the root of sexual dysfunction.
Build Better Boundaries
The consequences of never stating needs, ideas, or demands is a life of frustration and learned helplessness. Here are five ways to help your clients be more assertive.
3 Techniques For Treating Jealousy
A jealous person can make life miserable not only for their partner, but for themselves.
Stop Couples Arguing With These 3 Couples Therapy Techniques
“Why do you two hate each other so much? Why don’t you just get a divorce?” I asked, interrupting the pattern of their well-practised bickering.
5 Loving Ways To Help Your Clients Back To Relationship Bliss
Some of your clients will be in the kind of relationships that can be saved, made whole again. That’s where you come in.
3 Healing Ways To Help A Client Manage Their Toxic Mother
Dealing with toxic people is difficult, and a good therapist needs to show their clients how.
