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The first stage of female and male development is that of psychic unity characterised by the symbol of the uroboric serpent, forming a closed circle; it eats its own tail. The serpent of vitality and dynamic opposing...
During the symbiotic phase, the child has a cognitive experience of “oneness”, where the mother gratifies the child's needs, unaware of the mother being an external object. The mother is experienced as part of the self, being...
The void is developed through the failures in nurturing and attunement of external objects, limiting ego development and rupturing the ego-self axis. The child lives in fear of disintegration, fear of the living dead and is cut...
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Neurotics Conflicts
Neurotic Conflicts are often connected to convictions, beliefs and moral values with a presupposition we have developed ourselves. Once we recognise a...
Love Relations (Kernberg, 2000)
We start to explore kernberg’s ideas around the concept of Erotic desires being a sexual merger and symbolic fusion between the child...
Pregnant Darkness
The period when Ego consciousness moves towards the darkness and conflict (nigredo), facing the devilish energies of fear, addiction, mania and inner...
Core Wounds -Schreiber
The fundamental core injuries are maintained via varied defences and behaviours as a relationship problem needs connection with a therapeutic bond. One...
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Fantasy Bond
The bond replaces emotional suffering, pain, abandonment and anxiety with a destructive self-limiting role and experience. Keeps one insulated, mechanical and detached...
Into the Darkest places
People suffering from borderline states have experienced profound early relational trauma with primary caretakers /parents. They are continuously at odds with a...
Going Mad to Stay Sane
The pain, despair and self-destructiveness are as loud a statement as possible to make and acknowledge the soul is under attack and...
Narcissism to Individuation
The task of the self comes from the depth of the unconscious need to renounce any identification with the collective role and...
Delicious Abundance
Some parents have a vice-like grasp and hold of their children and force them into a pre-moulded image to fulfil their narcissist...
Codependency and why We rescue
In this episode, Susan Guner and Kevin Martin explore the social perceptions of co-dependency and the need to rescue others from their...
10 signs of a codependent relationship
A codependent relationship usually starts with an exciting, thrilling love bombing phase, where one partner (rescuer) feels idealised and loved, finally finding...
Neurosis and Human Growth
Through adverse parental and environmental influences, a child may not be permitted to grow according to their instinctual needs and potential. A...
15 Narcissistic Traits
Healthy narcissism is an essential aspect of mature self-esteem, where one can express authentic feelings, be assertive and impact others without...
The Problem with Therapy
Mind The Gap
The concept of “mind the gap “Is one underlying the transitional space between the client...