Anyone who has ever faced an addiction or who has supported a loved one through the difficult process, will be all too familiar with the fact that addiction is a selfish condition. We know that once addiction really takes hold, people find it incredibly difficult, if not impossible to abstain from the very behaviours they’re [...]
It is easy to think that the aftereffects of trauma are only experienced in the brain, but that is not exactly how it works. Quite often, those effects become evident physically as well. This is because as they begin to feel empathy toward their parts emotionally, their bodies feel it as well. These can actually [...]
There are a lot of therapists who find it difficult to direct the treatment their clients are receiving. Often, this is because they do not want the clients to just automatically comply and as a result, lose the chance to experience their own inner sense of direction. But that approach does not typically work with [...]
Sex addiction occurs when a person has persistent and escalating thoughts about sexual activities. This causes them to become obsessed and preoccupied with sex, to the point where it has a negative impact on their life. As with any addition, someone fighting sex addiction will struggle to control their feelings and actions. Eventually, the pursuit of [...]
When recovering from sex addiction, it’s important to remember that you’re trying to overcome habitual behaviours you adopted in order to help you cope with life. Unfortunately, this means that a full recovery will take time. Recovery from sex addiction - how long does it take? Many experts say that sex addiction recovery can take anything [...]
Sometimes when people experience what feels like different personalities within themselves, they get scared. They immediately assume that they must be suffering from multiple personality disorder, or as it is referred to today, dissociative identity disorder. The fact is that this type of internal multiplicity is actually quite normal, and it is something that everyone [...]
The human mind is made up of a system of Parts, and when there are differences between the parts, the situation can often escalate into polarization. This is a concept that most people can easily understand because we have all found ourselves in it at one time or another. In the book, Introduction to the [...]
It has been just over a year since the coronavirus outbreak and for many parts of the world, life is still a long way from returning to ‘normal.’ With lockdowns, ongoing restrictions and uncertainty about the future, COVID-19 has naturally caused a great deal of stress and anxiety for everyone. It has taken such a [...]
When children are raised in homes where they feel loved, soothed and cared for, their parents are actually helping to regulate their immature nervous system. As they grow, they learn to do this on their own, and they form the ability to handle many different emotions. But when a child is neglected or abused, their [...]
Today, we know so much more about trauma therapy and the proper way to provide it than we ever have before. For instance, it was once assumed that trauma victims would have the words they needed to explain the traumatic event they endured. They simply lacked the chance to express them. But research shown us [...]