04-23-2023 Write It Out

04-23-2023 Write It Out

CBT works with mistaken thoughts and mistaken beliefs. One way to process said mistaken thoughts and beliefs is to JOURNAL! You probably didn’t like that suggestion and you are probably wondering why I and so many therapists recommend it. Well, it all has to do with...
04-23-2023 Write It Out

04-16-2023 All The Lies

Have you ever wondered why abusers seem to lie all the time, about, well, everything? I’m sure you’ve heard the term “pathological” liar. Did you know that personality-disordered abusers lie upwards of 20 plus times a day, compared to non-personality-disordered...
04-23-2023 Write It Out

04-02-2023 Examples of Control

coercive control, abuser, abuse, partner, narcissist, person, control, absolutely, people, hoovering, child, target, therapist, friends, relationship, accuse, narcissistic, contact, boundaries, healthy What is coercive control? How do abusers make their targets do...
03-19-2023 When Mothers are NOT Moms

03-19-2023 When Mothers are NOT Moms

What is the definition of a toxic mother? What causes women to turn on their own children? What does that kind of physical/verbal/emotional abuse do to a child and how does that affect adult children of toxic mothers? Toxic mothers can present one way to the “public”...