by Gara Steinfeld | Mar 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Co-addicted relationships are between two people where one person is focused on the other person and the other person is focusing on avoiding intimacy and closeness in the relationship. It is common for the overtly (obvious) intimacy avoidant partner to have an...
by Gara Steinfeld | Mar 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
PIA MELLODY DEFINES INTIMACY AS THE EXPERIENCE OF KNOWING —AND BEING KNOWN BY— ANOTHER PERSON.Intimacy is a mutual and deep connection. It is a feeling (of being close), a practice, an experience, of being deeply and authentically known, seen, and heard.BARRIERS TO...
by Gara Steinfeld | Mar 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
All the feels can come up around setting boundaries, am I right?The guilt, the anxiety, the feelings of unworthiness, the fear of abandonment, the difficulties letting go of the 101 responsibilities we have taken on and our disdain for asking for help.The thoughts...
by Gara Steinfeld | Feb 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
While many believe now that trauma occurs in many of us, it is still widely misunderstood. Many people think of trauma as a single event incident such as a car crash, witnessing violence, or being physically attacked. All of those examples can definitely generate PTSD...
by Gara Steinfeld | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
The brains of girls are particularly wired for connection. They are especially sensitive to the cues for whether she is safe, lovable and worthy. She is constantly making meaning about herself and her lovability and worthiness from the way her mother treats her, the...
