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Different Anxiety Types in Partners Create Tension Between Insecurity and Need for Control
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Different Anxiety Types in Partners Create Tension Between Insecurity and Need for Control

Anxiety therapy, Couples Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Uncategorized

Different Anxiety Types in Partners Create Tension Between Insecurity and Need for Control

By dr_j_raymond|2025-07-12T16:58:35+00:00July 12th, 2025|Anxiety therapy, Couples Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Uncategorized|

“I’m really anxious - you haven’t spoken to me since last night!” Nico said to his partner Tamara when she nagged him to book his vacation dates at work so they could plan the family vacation. “I’m anxious that it’ll be too late and we won’t get a good cabin on the cruise ship,” [...]

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Helplessness – the good and bad ways to use it
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Helplessness – the good and bad ways to use it

Anger Stress and Health, Anxiety therapy, Family of Origin Counseling, Helplessness, Intimacy

Helplessness – the good and bad ways to use it

By dr_j_raymond|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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