Category: Relationships
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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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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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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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Change: A Million Little Things
This blog explores the many factors that contribute to growth and healing in the context of counseling and therapy.
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Guilt and Projective Identification: Bait for Narcissists
This post explores Self-Sacrifice Schema and the impact of projective identification, particularly related to guilt and self-absorption, on ones tendency to be manipulated by others.
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Running From Guilt and Shame Means Running Towards Narcissism and Caregiving
This post explores characteristics of individuals who have a tendency towards caregiving behaviors versus those who have a tendency towards narcissistic behaviors.
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Option and Obligation: Boundaries Mean Letting Others Choose
This post explores the way that boundary problems can impact the way that we are in relationship with others. Often boundary problems cause us to attempt to read other people’s minds in attempt to help them or put them first. Rather than asking them for their thoughts or feelings we can fall into the trap…
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Intimacy: When Your Strength Overshadows You
This post explores the impact of the Early Maladaptive Schemas Self-Sacrifice and Emotional Inhibition in caregiver and codependent type individuals, often leading them to attract Narcissistic individuals and one-sided relationships and to feel unseen and unvalued.
