Co-dependency has become so normal that we don’t see it as abnormal, you could say. The whole society is co-dependent. How would it feel not to be co-dependent? It is so easy to accept co-dependency as the norm. However, it…
What Does Sexual Abuse Do To You?
As I have more clients, I learn more about this topic. I wish this subject never existed. It is the deepest violation of a person. I think this is because sexual things touch us so deeply, in such a primal,…
What Is a Personality Disorder?
I will weigh in with my opinion, for your consideration. It is based on both study and life experience. A PD is constant. I think this is the main, defining factor. The normal human spectrum involves all sorts of emotions…
Right Brain Trauma Theory Pt 2
Very few people are helped by traditional therapy, in my opinion. Right brain trauma theory tells why Trauma is stored in the right side of the brain. This side of the brain is the emotional side. Therapy deals with the…
Right Brain Trauma Theory
I am trained as a traditional counselor. I do not have faith in traditional therapy. I do not believe that intellectual knowledge, alone, can change much of anything. Most therapy is intellectual. The therapist,often, has not healed his own emotions.…
Overcoming Abuse
I think the worst thing someone can say to someone who was abused is ” Forget about the past. Move on”. I understand that people who have not been abused do not understand HOW abuse stays with you, in every…
How To Break Down Defense Mechanisms
This is dedicated to one of my dearest clients. She knows who she is. We have a synastry in which our Gemini planets touch each others, so it is a pure delight to talk to her, as we understand each…
Primal Therapy
I have a Masters degree in Counseling. In my 6 years of studying Psychology, I was not impressed with many theories. There were a few that impressed me a great deal, as I think they work. What good is a…
What Does Sexual Abuse Do To Your Psyche?
What does sexual abuse do to your psyche? You fragment. You may look fine. You may not. However, inside, you are like a prism. You have light and color coming in from all directions like strobe lights gone mad. You…
Co-Dependency
Somewhere along the way I lost something valuable: my ability to see from my own eyes. It has stayed lost until now, when it is trying to be birthed, one could say. It feels like the birth of a monster…