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...
by Finding Solutions Together | Jul 22, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Trauma - PTSD
So many people make this decision far too quickly and with very limited and or biased information. After working in the counselling field for over twenty years, I have grown increasingly “pro family”. We often hear the following two main thoughts about separating… “I...
by Finding Solutions Together | May 5, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Depression, Domestic Violence, Family, Love & Relationships, Problem-Solving, Trauma - PTSD
Meta-Communication and Assertive Communication Skills The following post is submitted by a young man in his mid-twenties. He describes meta-communication and assertive communication skills and how he has applied these to turn around his poor communication learned from...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 27, 2024 | Anxiety, Crisis, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTSD
What’s Wrong With Me? “Mrs. A. was a 43-year old woman who was living with her mother and son and worked at a clerical job. She had felt depersonalized as far back as she could remember. ‘It’s as if the real me is taken out and put on a shelf or stored somewhere...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 18, 2024 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Anger Management, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Stress, Trauma - PTSD
Can You Relate? As one person struggles with recovery from severe childhood abuse (multiple kinds), she writes here about her view of alcohol throughout her journey. In the absence of effective coping strategies or when the stress becomes overwhelming, we tend to...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 17, 2024 | Anger Management, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Domestic Violence, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Trauma - PTSD
Change Starts With Our Attitude As this video depicts, domestic violence does happen to anyone –men and women, children and seniors. The “automatic” or “socialized” response we have, given the gender of the “victim” and...
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