Have you ever experienced a devastating loss, been hurt beyond words, or been in deep emotional or physical pain, and some well meaning person comes along and gives you a one liner like “All things work together for good” or “It could be worse.” You probably felt you were punched in the stomach—again. Cliché’s are many people’s go to when …
Mark sat in my office looking broken and defeated. The life was gone from his eyes— he was drowning and needed help. He spoke slowly, recalling the events of his childhood living with an angry and abusive mother. When he was a kid, she would pull his hair out when she’d become angry and frustrated with him. Once, she made …
Cindy was an addict. She was addicted to fixing, rescuing and controlling. She was co-dependent—and she was miserable. What is co-dependency? According to Melody Beattie a co-dependent is a person who has let another person’s behavior affect him or her, and is obsessed with controlling that person’s behavior. That was Cindy’s problem when she came to my office for help. …