The quality of our relationships can have a huge impact on our day to day functioning. Whether with our partners; our children; other family members; friends or colleagues, we all form relationships. As human beings, we are "wired" to relate to each other to ensure our very survival!
If we're suffering from an addiction, whether it's a substance (drugs/alcohol) or a process (gambling, shopping, work, sex, internet, serial relationships), or even restricting or purging food, we're engaging in the behaviour as means of avoidance.We may be avoiding feelings associated with trauma or abuse.
If we're suffering from an addiction, whether it's a substance (drugs/alcohol) or a process (gambling, shopping, work, sex, internet, serial relationships), or even restricting or purging food, we're engaging in the behaviour as means of avoidance.We may be avoiding feelings associated with trauma or abuse.
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The video clip below is an interview I did some years ago when I was Clinical Manager of South Pacific Private, a leading private treatment centre in Sydney. I am describing the model of treatment used at the Centre which you may find interesting. I do incorporate much of this philosophy in my own work with clients.
Whether with our partners; our children; other family members; friends or colleagues, we all form relationships. As human beings, we are "wired" to relate to each other to ensure our very survival! It's instinctive, yet, it often is fraught with misunderstanding, miscommunication and frustration.
I have spent the last 12 years devoted to helping individuals; couples and families learn more effective ways to communicate; to get their needs met in a healthy way; to improve emotional intimacy; and to be their "true selves" in relationships.
I have spent the last 12 years devoted to helping individuals; couples and families learn more effective ways to communicate; to get their needs met in a healthy way; to improve emotional intimacy; and to be their "true selves" in relationships.
And parenting, (that job we get without the manual) brings out our best, and our worst as we attempt to navigate and negotiate the various stages of our child's development using the skills and awareness available to us at the time. Inevitably we repeat patterns from our own experience of being parented - in some cases in spite of trying to do the opposite!
If we're suffering from an addiction, whether it's a substance (drugs/alcohol) or a process (gambling, shopping, work, sex, internet, serial relationships), or even restricting or purging food, we're engaging in the behaviour as means of avoidance. We may be avoiding feelings associated with trauma or abuse.
Its estimated that one in five of us experiences some period of being depressed at some point in their lives. Its is by far the most common mental illness. Anxiety is a close second. Both are treatable, but some forms of depression and anxiety actually deter us from seeking help. Chronic negative thinking can keep us attached to the belief that nothing we do, or try, will help.
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