Changing old patterns
“I promised myself I’d never date someone like my ex again.” It’s something I hear from clients all the time. Yet months later, they’re sitting in my therapy room describing someone new… and the story sounds painfully familiar. Maybe the new partner isn’t exactly the same person, but the emotional experience is. They’re emotionally unavailable. …
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When someone we love behaves in a way that confuses, angers, hurts, or frustrates us, it’s natural to jump to conclusions. We label people as dramatic, attention-seeking, promiscuous, needy, lazy, or difficult.But these labels only tell us what we see. They reveal nothing about what is happening inside. If we look beneath the behaviour, we …
Understanding the Silent Wounds and How Therapy Can Help Many people come to therapy carrying pain they can’t quite name. They might say things like: “I had a good childhood—no one hit me or abused me—but I still feel… empty.” “I don’t know how to ask for help.” “I feel numb most of the …
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