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 | 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 | Nov 13, 2021 | Abuse, Narcissism, Therapy, Trauma, Unhealthy Relationships
For those who don’t know what a garrapata is, it’s Spanish for tick. I’m not talking about the mark you long for on your graded paper, but the other kind. A garrapata is the sneaky parasite, who lies in wait in the long grass, until an unsuspecting warm-blooded victim...
by Dr. Anne | Nov 10, 2021 | Abuse, Conflict Divorce, Difficult Divorce, Mental Wellness, Narcissism, Therapy, Trauma, Unhealthy Relationships
I do voluntary admin work on a Domestic Violence Facebook group. Every day women post their unedited rage at what has happened to them. Some of what has happened to them makes very difficult reading: extreme cruelty described in livid technicolour. It got me wondering...
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