Tag: parents
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Parental Influence: Navigating Mistakes and Building Strong Relationships with Your Child
In the recent blog 5 Things To Know About Trauma, I discussed how trauma can show up in ways that we might not deem as traumatic because it wasn’t a big enough event. Many of the examples I gave were related to parent-child attachment. I often hear, “why is it always the parents’ fault?” My answer…
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Struggling With Perfectionism
Ever find yourself stuck chasing perfection? You spend hours worrying about a project being perfect, losing sleep, stressing, and yet it’s never enough. No matter how hard you try, you can’t quite reach perfection. Or if you do, when the project is over, you are hit with a sense of emptiness, so you find a…
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Healing and Your Parents
“I had good parents,” is something I hear all the time. This is a way to protect your parents from their part in your pain. A lot of time clients come in thinking they are the ones solely responsible for their hurt. You may be responsible for your behaviors and actions however, understanding where they…