Can enabling your partner lead to an unhealthy codependent relationship? Many experts say that this happens very often. Enabling begins with good intentions. Though you desire to help your significant other with a challenge, addiction, or mental health condition, things often go awry. Over time, offering help repeatedly only encourages the problem behavior. Why Does… Read more »
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Second Tip: Choosing a therapist
2. If you have particular cultural or religious beliefs, be open and upfront with the therapist about them in your initial phone conversation. You are going to someone for help, not to be judged. If
First Tip: Choosing a therapist
1. Pay attention to how you feel when speaking on the phone with the therapist. Do you feel comfortable? Does your gut reaction tell you that this is a therapist that you will feel comfortable
Are You Still Interested in Your Partner?
Why is it important to practice curiosity, even when we think we have our partners pegged? In Psychology Today, guest author Nancy Colier, LCSW, Rev. shared her thoughts on maintaining interest in your relationship. Essentially, curiosity is what keeps you attuned to your partner at the beginning of your relationship. Then, you were present and… Read more »
Are You In Love or Enmeshed?
It feels like love. It looks like love. Yet, that tight bond with your partner may not be what you think it is. Especially if you lose yourself in order to maintain it. An enmeshed relationship is one that blurs the lines of identity and growth. It’s important that you take a good look at… Read more »
