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ANTS: Automatic Negative Thoughts

ANTS: Automatic Negative Thoughts

by Finding Solutions Together | Sep 23, 2024 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Anger Management, Change, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTSD

ANTS: Our Thoughts or Not ? The following contribution is from a middle-aged woman who suffered severe child abuse, sexual abuse, containment and physical violence as well as the early demise of her mother. Father’s subsequent downturn to alcoholism and...
Will My Child Hate Me?

Will My Child Hate Me?

by Finding Solutions Together | Sep 20, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Teens

Setting Healthy Boundaries? When we get a first sight at our newborn child, we are overwhelmed with thoughts and feelings: feelings of love, joy, happiness, and excitement. Sometimes, we may anticipate fear, grief and worry. We may question how we keep this perfect...
What Are We So Afraid Of?

What Are We So Afraid Of?

by Finding Solutions Together | Sep 18, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Disordered Eating & Body Image, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress

We may fear heights (acrophobia), close spaces (claustrophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), or even public places (agoraphobia). But how do these fears develop? Psychotherapists may believe that presenting phobias act as a defensive mechanism against a more underlying...
GO TO REHAB?  YES, YES, YES

GO TO REHAB? YES, YES, YES

by Finding Solutions Together | Sep 16, 2024 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Change, Mental Health

  I am sitting in a make-shift auditorium and am choking back tears. Although I have sat through similar ceremonies numerous times, they invariably move me this way. 8 men and 3 women sit proudly at the front of the room – two of them with their young children on...
I Am A Worried “Single-Parent”

I Am A Worried “Single-Parent”

by Finding Solutions Together | Sep 13, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Cooperative Parenting, Parenting, Separation & Divorce

  How Will I Ever Manage? We got pregnant and now, just before she is to be born, we’ve split up! Many thoughts and feelings overwhelm me now. Concerns regarding finances, work and being a stable provider flood my mind. Will I be able to provide for our...
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