by Dr. Anne | Nov 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful conversation with Dr Robert Lefever, a world leading specialist in Addictions, founder of the first polyaddiction clinic in the UK, and self-admitted abstinent alcoholic. This later clause is of utmost importance in...
by Dr. Anne | Nov 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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...
by Dr. Anne | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
I once had a rather nasty acquaintance say to me, ‘If you’re a Psychologist, how come you got into a bad relationship? Shouldn’t you have known better?’ That statement cut me to the core because at some deep level I thought it was true. Here I was with all my degrees,...
by Dr. Anne | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Trauma Bonding is in simple terms a neurochemical addiction. When an individual is in a relationship, they seek out physical connection and comfort. With this connection comes a lovely buzz of oxytocin – the ‘love/cuddle/bonding hormone’. Oxytocin is nature’s way...
by Dr. Anne | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I once had a rather nasty acquaintance say to me, ‘If you’re a Psychologist, how come you got into a bad relationship? Shouldn’t you have known better?’ That statement cut me to the core because at some deep level I thought it was true. Here I was with all my degrees,...
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