Addiction To Numbness
Linda sat opposite me at one of my five-day Inner Bonding Intensives. She had decided to attend the Intensive because her depression, which had plagued her for years, was not being helped by medication or by the numerous forms of therapy that she had tried.
As she sat opposite me, telling me about her past and her depression, I felt like I was sitting with a person who had stuffed herself into a box and closed the door. There was a sense of emptiness and numbness that ema…
Blaming Our Parents Is Easy
It’s easy to blame our parents for how we are:
“How can I be successful and happy when my father always told me I wouldn’t amount to much?”
“My mother was never a role model for a happy, healthy woman.”
“No one ever showed me love when I was a child, so how can you expect me to have good relationships now?”
“I was sexually abused by my father so everything’s wrong with my life now.”
“No one ever expressed emotions in our family; they still don’t, so don’t expec…
Healing From Childhood Abuse
In the 37 years that I have been counseling individuals, I have worked with many people who have suffered from severe physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse in childhood. Many who have sought my help were suffering from fear and anxiety, depression, various addictions, relationship problems and sexual problems. Many of these people had no memory of their childhood and had no idea why there were so unhappy. Many had spent years in therapy yet had never remembered their abuse…