Counselling EN

Emotionally dependent relationships are toxic and based on constant conflict. In these relationships, one partner, the emotionally dependent partner, puts aside his or her own needs in order to attend to those of the other partner. Little by little, he or she ceases to be himself or herself....

As Bessel Van Der Kolk states in his book “The body keeps the score”, trauma is not just an event that took place in the past. It’s also the imprint left by that experience on the mind, brain and body. ...

According to psychologist and writer Brené Brown, you cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviour. Nothing could be truer, for shame activates our most primal defence mechanisms, such as anger or submission, and is the antithesis of change. ...