by Kathy | Apr 28, 2015 | Addiction, Affairs, Anger, Codependent, Depression, Family Counseling, Individual Therapy, Marriage, Self-Help, Shame, Uncategorized
If I could give each person just one gift, it would be the gift of being able to truly see themselves through the eyes of the people around them. It would be a sobering gift, for sure. And it would require a great deal of humility and stabilizing self-talk to be... by Kathy | Apr 22, 2015 | Abandonment, Addiction, Affairs, Anger, Anxiety, Codependent, Counterdependent, Depression, Grief, Shame, Uncategorized
Do you know the different parts of yourself? Most of us are only vaguely aware of the 3 different parts that I like to talk about in counseling: The Adult, The Little Boy/Girl, and The Angry Teenager. If you want to have a healthy life, you’ll want to become... by Kathy | Apr 6, 2015 | Abandonment, Codependent, Counterdependent, Marital Therapy, Marriage, Relationships, Self-Help, Uncategorized
Do your emotions sometimes feel unstable? Do you find yourself doing things you thought or promised you wouldn’t do? Does your partner? You may be experiencing what I call the codependent/counterdependent flip. Here’s how to recognize it and how to stabilize it!... by Kathy | Mar 22, 2015 | Abandonment, Anger, Communication, Marriage, Relationships, Uncategorized
Do you need to have the last word in an argument? Why is it so hard to let the conversation die without having the last say? What drives this compulsive need to make the last point? The most powerful last word may not be what you think! Why do we have to have the... by Kathy | Mar 2, 2015 | Abandonment, Anxiety, Codependent, Individual Therapy, Marital Therapy, Marriage, Self-Help, Uncategorized
Do you ever become aware of a need and then immediately feel guilty? Or maybe you have a need but feel guilty asking for it to be met? Perhaps you hesitate asking for your need to be met because you will then feel like you owe the person something? The guilt and...