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Insightful Mental Health Blog
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How to Recognize and Treat Social Isolation Schema
This post explores the difference in loneliness and Social Isolation schema and offers 5 ways to treat Social Isolation and chronic feelings of disconnection.
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The Importance of Understanding ADHD Relationships: Therapist Tips for Navigating ADHD Challenges in Relationships
This post explores the impact of ADHD on relationships, offering insight and practical tips to increase understanding and improve relationship functioning.
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Are You a Realist or is Negativity & Pessimism Schema Ruining Your Perspective?
This post explores the Early Maladaptive Schema of Negativity and Pessimism. Insight about the origin of the schema, the impact, and practical tips for helping to heal the schema are offered.
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When Misinterpretations add Insult to Injury
This post explores how misunderstandings and misconceptions can cause undue pain and suffering in relationships. Examples of common misunderstandings in couple’s therapy are given. Practical tips for utilizing conflict to gain understanding and empathy and for communicating effectively are offered.
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The Impact and Treatment of Social Isolation Schema
This post explores Social Isolation schema, one of the five Disconnection/Rejection domain schemas identified in Schema Therapy. Examples of possible formation, impact, and treatment are provided to help provide steps for healing.
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The Entitlement Spectrum: The Importance of Knowing Where You Fall
This post explores the Entitlement spectrum, exploring narcissistic characteristics (Entitlement schema) and Self-Sacrificing characteristics (Self-Sacrifice schema). This post provides insight into the negative impact of both schemas on relationship functioning and mental health symptoms such as depression and anxiety.
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Impaired Autonomy and Performance: Suffering from Chronic Feelings of Worthlessness and Inadequacy
This post explores the impact of Impaired Autonomy and Performance domain schemas, particularly Failure Schema, and how Failure Schema often underpins depression and drives feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy.
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Mind-Reading: An Ineffective Way to Address Needs
This post discusses the ineffectiveness of mind-reading in relationships and explores the impact of Self-Sacrificing, Narcsissistic, and Borderline Personality characteristics on relationships.
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Trauma and Parts of Self: Understanding Narcissistic and Self-Sacrificing Managers in Ourselves
This post explores conceptualization of Narcissistic and Self-Sacrificing or Caregiving relationship styles through the lens of Internal Family Systems and managing parts-of-self.
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