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20Sep

How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Relationships

Joshua Miles

attachment, childhood, couples, dating, family, identity, love, marriage, relationships, self

Therapists

Humans are relational beings who require interactions with others. However, posts therapist Joshua Miles, people have different attachment styles the affect relationships
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27Jun

The Importance of Secure Attachment

Dr Holan Liang

attachment, childhood, children, family, parenting, resilience

Relationships

Secure attachment with parents from an early age helps children become more resilient, sociable and successful explains Dr Holan Liang
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14Jun

The Role of Creative Writing in Therapy

Adrian Wilson-Smith

childhood, creativity, therapy, writing

Therapists

Therapist Adrian Wilson-Smith has joined a creative writing class and it has unlocked tens of thousands of words about his life from childhood onwards
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09Jun

How to Avoid Repeating Your Parents' Mistakes

Karen Pollock

childhood, home, parenting, self

Therapists

It's all too easy to blame your parents for their parenting mistakes, but laying blame is not the answer posts therapist Karen Pollock
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26Apr

The Lasting Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Alice McGurran

abuse, brain, childhood, CSA, films, health, parenting, resilience, science, stress, trauma

Body

A new film directed by James Redford, Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, explores the childhood events that affect our adult health, from smoking to obesity to heart disease
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24Apr

How to Keep from Turning into Your Parents

Julia Bueno

childhood, family, mother, narcissism, parenting, therapy

Therapists

Learning to be a parent if you have been raised by a narcissistic mother or father can be challenging says therapist Julia Bueno
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18Apr

The Hidden Pain of a Boarding School Childhood

Alex Renton

boardingschool, childhood, education, family, parenting, therapy

Mind

Journalist Alex Renton's book Stiff Upper Lip reveals the emotional damage done to children when sent to boarding school too young, an experience he had himself
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23Mar

Growing Up With A Narcissistic Mother

Wendy Bristow

childhood, family, mother, narcissism

Therapists

Children of narcissistic parents often end up in therapy to deal with the harm that is done to them writes therapist Wendy Bristow
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14Mar

My Father, the Alcoholic: the Impact of Addiction on Childhood

Lucy Cavendish

addiction, alcohol, childhood, family, father, therapy

Therapists

Therapist Lucy Cavendish posts on how growing up the daughter of an alcoholic has affected her, and how having therapy helped her deal with the longterm consequences
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22Feb

An Abbreviated Life: Book Review

Julia Bueno

books, childhood, family, mother

Therapists

Therapist Julia Bueno reviews An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Leve, who grew up with a narcissistic mother
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