by Dr.Anne | Nov 5, 2022 | Abuse, Conflict Divorce, Difficult Divorce, Divorce, Law Firms, Mental Wellness, Narcissism, Therapy, Trauma, Unhealthy Relationships
This is a relatively common and murky issue for my female clients: how to deal with ongoing communication in their difficult divorces. As the ladies I work with are coming out of marriages characterized by incredibly unhealthy relationship dynamics, for many the ideal...
by Dr.Anne | Nov 4, 2022 | Difficult Divorce, Divorce, Mental Wellness, Professional Wellbeing, Therapy, Trauma, Unhealthy Relationships
How you answer this question is a good indicator of your outcome in therapy. If you answer: 1. I would wait for someone to ‘give me’ the answer 2. I would wait for the professionals to take ‘reponsibility’ 3. I would wait until ‘I have...
by Dr. Anne | Aug 12, 2022 | Abuse, Conflict Divorce, Difficult Divorce, Divorce, Law Firms
Ok, I’ll admit it off the bat: I am skewed in my perspective. I am probably not the most objective commentator on this because of the nature of my work and my client group. I specialise in trauma and abuse – it’s my daily diet. My clients are in the main professional...
by Dr. Anne | Jan 20, 2022 | Abuse, Conflict Divorce, Difficult Divorce, Divorce, Law Firms, Therapy, Trauma, Unhealthy Relationships
The reason I work with professional women in high conflict divorces, is because I am one. 30 years of learning psychological theory did not help me avoid my own nightmare. This makes my perspective somewhat unique, drawing as it does on my life, theory, and my...
by Dr. Anne | Jan 20, 2022 | Abuse, Conflict Divorce, Difficult Divorce, Divorce, Mental Wellness, Narcissism, Professional Wellbeing, Therapy, Trauma, Unhealthy Relationships
Much of my client work is in the tricky area of #deprogramming. Essentially deprogramming is about rupturing one set of fundamental beliefs by putting them in direct conflict with another set of beliefs. I proactively use #cognitivedissonance as a mechanism...
by Dr. Anne | Jan 20, 2022 | Business, Divorce, Law Firms, Professional Wellbeing
Every lawyer knows that they have to work with distressed clients. It’s part of the role to simultaneously soothe emotions whilst gathering relevant information to build a case. However, there is a subset of cases that no amount of your pastoral support is going...
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