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Healing from Trauma Does Not Hinge on Forgiveness
April 5, 2021 .
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by Bren Michelle Chasse, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Healing from Trauma Does Not Hinge on a Survivor’s Ability to Forgive Forgiveness is an evolutionary phenomenon that, ... Read More
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Attachment Styles and Hope for Your Relationship
March 15, 2021 .
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By Dr. Jocelyn Markowicz, PhD, Psychologist Attachment Hope for Couples: How to Improve Your Security Odds You walk into the room and lock eyes with the most gorgeous human being you ... Read More
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When Family Relationships Become Toxic: The Trauma of Enmeshment
October 16, 2019 .
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Psychotherapist Salvador Minuchin developed the concept of enmeshment to characterize family systems with weak, poorly defined boundaries. The entire family may work to prop up a single ... Read More
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How Relational Trauma Can Affect the Trust-Building Process
May 8, 2018 .
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Therapists used to reserve the term “trauma” to describe events like war, rape, and life-threatening experiences. We now recognize that people can have similar responses to relational ... Read More
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Ending the Anxious-Avoidant Dance, Part 2: A Built-In Path to Healing
May 18, 2017 .
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Editor’s note: This article is the second in a two-part series. See Part 1: Opposing Attachment Styles. The conflict is both a fight for and a protection against intimacy. If we can hold ... Read More
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Ending the Anxious-Avoidant Dance, Part 1: Opposing Attachment Styles
May 18, 2017 .
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Editor’s note: This article is the first in a two-part series. See Part 2: A Built-In Path to Healing. Few of us might consider pain a gift. To be clear: Relational trauma/abuse is not ... Read More
