Helplessness – the good and bad ways to use it

By |2025-01-06T19:25:59+00:00January 6th, 2025|Anger Stress and Health, Anxiety therapy, Family of Origin Counseling, Helplessness, Intimacy|

Helplessness is scary and destabilizing. Helplessness evokes the need to be rescued, and excused from one's ineptitude. It’s seen as a negative; a sham or overdramatization. Helplessness is regarded as a sign of immaturity, neediness and over dependency in our society – except when that helplessness is sanctioned as cute and or adorable when [...]

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How Sexual Promiscuity Compensates for Lack of Agency in Power Based Relationships

By |2024-12-12T00:27:03+00:00December 12th, 2024|Dating, Family of Origin Counseling, Individual Counseling, relationship issues|

Sexual promiscuity evokes an image of routinely sleeping around with multiple partners, and being okay with it. Sexual promiscuity makes light of emotional ties, making it easy to go from one to another. Sexual promiscuity involves getting high on new experiences while playing out fantasies that would be shameful or taboo in a committed [...]

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Is a Need for Approval Killing Your Talents and Creative Energy?

By |2019-03-21T19:19:32+00:00March 21st, 2019|Anger Stress and Health, Anxiety Treatment|

Is a Need for Approval Killing Your Talents and Creative Energy? Do you have an overwhelming need for approval from family, friends and colleagues? Does a need for approval make you anxious when it’s unpredictable? Maybe you have panic attacks, or heartburn when you try hard and don’t succeed in getting your need for approval [...]

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