The Power of the Therapeutic Relationship

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The Power of the Therapeutic Relationship

Therapy is often described as a space to process emotions, build insight, and develop tools for managing life’s challenges. And while that’s absolutely true, one of the most powerful elements of therapy isn’t a technique or worksheet, but the relationship itself.

The connection between therapist and client, often called the therapeutic relationship or therapeutic alliance, plays a central role in the healing process. In fact, research consistently shows that the quality of this relationship is one of the strongest pillars of therapeutic success. When the connection feels solid and trusting, therapy tends to be more effective, regardless of the reason someone came to therapy in the first place.

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Stop Pretending: How to Get Unstuck And Move Forward

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Stop Pretending: How to Get Unstuck And Move Forward

To sum up Newton’s 1st Law of Physics, a body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest. Unless, however, an outside force acts upon the inertia to get it moving. Similarly, an outside force can also cause the object to slow down or perhaps change course. While we may typically apply Newtonian Law to objects in a physics lab, we may also apply them to aspects of our own lives.

Have you ever felt the inertia in your own life? The overwhelming sense of being stuck and not sure why you can’t seem to move forward in the way in which you want?  Do you feel like something is wrong, but you don’t know what to do?

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4 Ways To Build A Healthy Identity

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4 Ways To Build A Healthy Identity

It’s no lie that we are born a “blank slate”. As we grow and develop, we begin to identify who we are and what makes us, us. Our true identity is discovered prior to fostering relationships with others, having children, and beginning our careers. The unfortunate thing that occurs is that we often lose focus of our own true identity once these different life aspects happen for us. We find that our identity will adapt to our environment and sometimes we often mold our identity to fit into the life we work on creating as time marches on. As we age and our children leave the home, friends come and go, relationships begin and end, it’s important that we take time to return to focusing on our true identity as individuals to ensure we don’t lose sight of ourselves.

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Codependency: What Is It?

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Codependency: What Is It?

The original concept of “codependent” came from wives of the alcoholics who started Alcoholic Anonymous, Bill Wilson and “Dr. Bob.”  The men would have AA meetings in people’s houses and the wives would sit in the kitchen and talk over coffee and dessert.  As they exchanged stories about their experiences, they realized they all had done similar things in an effort to protect their husband from consequences of their alcoholism.

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