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Gaslighting: Recognizing and Healing from Emotional Manipulation
A classic example of gaslighting in infidelity. The denial and distortion of reality, paired with shifting responsibility onto the victim, can cause deep emotional trauma, making it challenging to heal from the deception and betrayal.
Understanding Suppressed Anger After Infidelity: The Storm That Is Brewing
When faced with infidelity, there are understandable reasons why some individuals may choose to suppress their anger. However, suppressing anger after infidelity is not a sustainable solution. Unaddressed anger, if left unchecked, can negatively affect our emotional and physical well-being.
How to Navigate an Emotionally Invalidating Partner: Tips for Emotional Wellness
Relationships can be challenging, but when you add an invalidating partner, things can get downright distressing. An emotionally invalidating partner can make you feel unheard, unseen, and unimportant.
Healing and Support through the Betrayal Trauma Partner Groups at Insights Counseling Center
Our Betrayal Trauma Partner Groups offer a unique blend of psychoeducation and processing, creating a safe and supportive environment where you can find solace and strength.
Abstinence Contracts in Sex Addiction Recovery: Building Trust and Strengthening Relationships
Discover how abstinence contracts can benefit both the addict and their relationship. By demonstrating commitment, providing clear guidelines, and helping to reset neuropathways, abstinence contracts become vital tools for fostering trust, healing, and growth.
Recognizing Porn and Sex Addiction: Signs and How a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist CSAT Can Help You Find Recovery
The dynamics of porn addiction can be challenging to navigate alone. Being aware of the presence of an addiction is a critical first step, as acknowledgment can provide a foundation to start the healing process.
Addiction isolates.
Addiction shames.
Addiction destroys.
Our team of CSATs understand and most have been through it ourselves. This gives us both passion and compassion to help if this is a struggle for you.
The Power of Group Work in Sex Addiction Recovery: 6 Key Benefits
Group work is essential for sex addiction recovery, particularly when it is accompanied by intimacy disorders. Our center understands the importance of creating a supportive environment where individuals with sex addiction can find validation, community, and learn healthy relationship skills. Finding companionship and understanding in group settings can be a lifeline on the journey to healing and recovery. You are not alone - we are here to help you thrive.
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Guilt: Nurturing Your Mental Health
Guilt is an often overwhelming and complex emotion that can wreak havoc on our mental health if left unchecked. It's important to understand that guilt, like any emotion, can be both healthy and unhealthy. By recognizing the difference between the two, we can nurture our mental well-being and find healthier ways to cope with our feelings.
Embracing Relief: The Power of Neurofeedback in Treating Pure "O" OCD
Living with Pure O OCD can be isolating, distressing, and shrouded in shame. But there is hope. Neurofeedback therapy, paired with evidence-based techniques, can help turn down obsessive thoughts and promote emotional resilience.
So How Does Full Therapeutic Disclosure Work?
In Full Therapeutic Disclosure, the information is carefully prepared with the guidance of a specially-trained CSAT therapist. Ideally, the one revealing their secrets will have achieved 90 days of sobriety and will have worked closely with their therapist for 3-4 months to create a thorough document outlining what happened, with whom, where, and how the betrayal occurred, as well as where the money was spent.
Full Therapeutic Disclosure: An Important Step in Healing
We understand the importance of full therapeutic disclosure in the recovery process. In the journey toward healing and recovery, full therapeutic disclosure plays a vital role in fostering understanding and facilitating growth within intimate relationships.
Unveiling Shame: Navigating the Path to Healing Infidelity
Many individuals who struggle with pornography, sex addiction, and infidelity may find themselves weighed down by feelings of shame. Shame is a powerful emotion that can cause deep pain and isolation, but it is important to understand the difference between healthy shame and toxic shame in the recovery process.
Coping as a Parent When Your Teen is Unkind: Building a Bridge of Understanding
Adolescence is a period of intense growth and change, and both parents and teens may struggle to navigate their evolving roles and emotions. Instead of letting unkindness drive a wedge between you and your teen, let's explore some strategies for coping and building a bridge of understanding in this difficult situation.
Understanding Enmeshment: A Path to Healing
In the journey of healing from emotional trauma, it is essential to shed light on the concept of parental enmeshment. This intricate and often challenging dynamic can manifest within the parent-child relationship, impacting an individual's emotional well-being well into adulthood.
Breaking the Silence: Finding Hope and Support in the Face of Suicide
Suicide is a complex and deeply distressing topic that affects millions of people worldwide. Whether you are grappling with suicidal thoughts yourself or you have been impacted by the loss of a loved one to suicide, it is important to remember that you are not alone.
Understanding the Karpman Drama Triangle: Breaking Free from Unhealthy Patterns
The Karpman Drama Triangle illustrates the roles people often take on when caught in harmful relational dynamics. When in conflict, individuals move around this triangle. The triangle consists of three positions: rescuer, victim, and persecutor.
Preparing Adolescents for College: A Guide for Parents
Many students are preparing to head to college this month! If you're a parent of an adolescent, it's never too early to start thinking about preparing them for college. The process can be overwhelming, but with the right approach and mindset, it can be an exciting and fulfilling journey for your child.
The Burden of Perfectionism: Why Pursuing Excellence is Healthier for Your Mental Health
Explore the difference between pursuing excellence and perfectionism, and how recognizing this difference can have a profound impact on our mental health.
Expanding Your Healing Journey with Brainspotting
Expansion Brainspotting builds upon the foundation of traditional Brainspotting by integrating mindfulness, visualization, and guided meditation techniques.
Embracing the Future With EMDR Future Template Work
EMDR Future Template Work is one of the many brilliant applications of EMDR therapy. It allows individuals to not only process past traumatic events but also create a positive and empowering vision for their future.