Infidelity & Ideology: When Betrayal Goes Beyond Affairs
Relationships are meant to change and many do over time. Some partners struggle with their partner’s preferred ideological or personal beliefs diverting from their own, allowing for interdependence verses codependency. This blog is designed to help you find common ground and friendship with these differences, so shared life meaning can still occur within these differences.
When Faith Becomes a Fault Line: Healing Religious Divides in Relationships
Faith and religious beliefs are deeply personal and often can cause friction within a couple’s relationship if not frequently discussed and re-examined, without judgement or control. Couples who can manage these differences with compassion and love have more success.
Can couples recover together?
As the majority of the population struggles with depression or anxiety, they look to avoid those feelings with behavioral, substance, and alcohol misuse. Can healing in a couple still occur? How do we do it well?
Toxic Trauma Bond or Narcissistic Abuse?
Toxic trauma bond or codependent? How do you know if its Narcissistic Abuse or you are in an unhealthy relationship? Can you get help if your partner is a narcissist?
How can Connecting through our Parts heal our relationships?
Dr. Richard Shwartz really came together to understand our psche’s in this modality. So did Alexander Milov in this beautiful representation of our inner child healing. Learning effective communication through understanding our parts;
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder aka NPD is a very challenging and difficult to treat condition, which is why it goes along with BPD individuals in couples counseling. Those impacted by NPD do not come to therapy on their own, typically they are encouraged and brought in by their partners. I treasure working with the symptomology in the couples counseling room as meaningful deep inner child work is working with a deeply insecure inner child. The ego is very sensitive for the NPD and understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) Through the Lens of a Couples Therapist can help shed some perspective on relationship components to be aware of.
Navigating the complexities of a romantic relationship is challenging under any circumstances, but when one or both partners exhibit traits of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), the challenges can feel insurmountable at times without outside support. As a couples therapist specializing in trauma and attachment wounds, I’ve witnessed how NPD can affect intimacy, trust, and communication in profound ways, however they are not to be forgotten because they can change through awareness and conscious changes. This blog aims to shed light on NPD from a relational perspective and offer insights for couples who are navigating these dynamics.