
The Emotional Toll of Loving Someone with an Addiction
As mental health care practitioners, and also more broadly as a society, we often discuss how it feels to experience addiction: the symptoms of substance

As mental health care practitioners, and also more broadly as a society, we often discuss how it feels to experience addiction: the symptoms of substance

Introduction: Why an Ancient Object Still Speaks Across millennia, cultures, and belief systems, few symbols have retained the psychological gravity of the Ark of the

In the past few years, especially at conferences, trainings, and even in airport lounges, people have approached me with the same request: “Can I pick

How Parent–Adult–Child quietly shaped CBT, parts work, trauma therapy, and inner-child healing. When you zoom out on today’s therapy landscape – CBT, DBT, schema therapy,

We need to say this plainly, because avoiding the issue has cost too many lives: Untreated mental illness and addiction kill people every single day,

(and how we can gently re-parent ourselves from the Adult ego state) During parts of the 1960s and 70s, Transactional Analysis (TA) was everywhere: therapy

“Every person I’ve ever met in the throes of addiction has been searching for the same thing: connection.” – Johann Hari Addiction, at its core,

Healthy families are built on two fundamental pillars: connection and attachment. When these are strong, family members feel safe, seen, and valued, which fosters emotional

Safety is a fundamental prerequisite for healing within any family system, particularly for members who have experienced emotional abuse. The pioneering work of Judith Herman

“What cannot be communicated to the [parent] cannot be communicated to the self.” — John Bowlby, Attachment and Loss (1980) British psychoanalyst John Bowlby, best

Family Systemic Therapy is a therapeutic approach that views the family as a system in which each member affects the others. This framework, largely developed

In a world that often demands conformity, control, and performance, the invitation to live from soul-led sovereignty is nothing short of radical. It asks us
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