Guest blog post by Martha (Marty) Dennen MA, LCPC, SEP At some point in life, you will experience a loss. Unfortunately, no one is excluded from experiencing losses in life. One of these will likely be the loss of an important relationship. Experiencing this grief and loss of … [Read more...]
Can You Save An Unhappy Marriage?
It can be hard to know if your marital dis-ease is just a bump in the road or a sign of a bigger, underlying problem. Understanding the different phases your marriage will go through can help you answer the question, “Can you save an unhappy marriage?” Stages Of … [Read more...]
Coming to Therapy to Treat My… Trauma?
As a trauma specialist, I’ve worked with clients with many types of trauma. Some clients can name the traumas they have experienced that are bringing them to therapy: a car accident, a physical assault, combat, or particular episodes of childhood abuse. But many other clients … [Read more...]
Velcro or Repellent, Attachment Part 2
As mentioned in my previous blog post, I have become quite interested in how attachment styles impact current functioning and relationships. (As a reminder, an attachment style is that pattern of relating learned in our earliest bonding relationship with our parents.) As I go … [Read more...]
Velcro or Repellent? Attachment Part 1
The farther I go in my own journey of learning and healing, the more I understand the importance of my own attachment style, history, and struggles. It sometimes hits me in waves, either when I am doing a piece of my own therapeutic work, or, when I am discussing with clients … [Read more...]
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