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Archives for July 2014

Children – winners & losers

July 30, 2014 //  by Tony White

Discounting a child’s perception of reality. I was doing some mother-son therapy the other day. As a consequence of our discussions she asked if I would put my views in writing. I was informed by mother that at the boy’s school in years 1 to 3 they do not have winning and loosing. When the …

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Category: child development, Personality, Social developmentTag: adult ego state, child, competition, discounting

The young adult and independence

July 28, 2014 //  by Tony White

If she believes this (with or without his encouragement) she finds herself in the same relationship dynamics as the teenager who is not economically separate from the parents. The marriage will then suffer.

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Category: Dependency, Marriage, Relationship, systems theory, teenagerTag: individuation, Marriage, separation, teenager

Psychotherapy with Lillith

July 24, 2014 //  by Tony White

Some female anorexics are seeking to make their bodies (and therefore sense of self) pre pubertal.

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Category: Anorexia, Eating disorder, Personality, PsychotherapyTag: Anorexia, counselling, Lillith, personality

The bully victim dynamic

July 21, 2014 //  by Tony White

The solution being suggested here is reflective of one of the main parenting problems in current day society. How and when do you let a child suffer on its own?

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Category: bully, child development, RelationshipTag: bully, child, relationships

The three ego state integrative model

July 17, 2014 //  by Tony White

In essence the Parent and Child ego states free up the Adult to engage in higher level cognitive functions and relationship skills. Indeed the Adult ego state is dependent on having active Parent and Child ego states influencing it.

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Category: child development, ego statesTag: child development, Ego states, fixation, introjection

Intimacy ambivalence

July 3, 2014 //  by Tony White

The problem with experiencing emotional intimacy with another is that it also frightens people.

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Category: Dependency, intimacy, RelationshipTag: closeness, Free child, intimacy, relationships

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