Sunday, 27th of June 2010 at 06:29:38 AMA number of clients tell me how they sometimes experience a part of themselves that takes over and how it is not like them; they don’t feel themselves when this happens. They describe how they become ‘a crazy person’, angry and destructive, clinging and needy or insecure, when they don’t feel that most of the [...]
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That’s not me – really! Dealing with psychological splits
Moving on from family dysfunction
Moving on from family dysfunction Moving on from your family dynamics is a lifelong task and the result of family of origin work. The concept of differentiation is central to the ability to live your own life and form healthy adult relationships. In this article I provide a couple of definitions and identify ways you can [...] Consequences of family of origin betrayal
The consequences of family of origin betrayal. This article examines the main consequences of relationship betrayal that we experience growing up. I will define what we mean by relationship betrayal and then talk about five consequences that can happen. Relationship betrayal happens when our needs, feelings and desires are betrayed by the people we are dependent on [...] Why am I so overwhelmed?
Why do I get so overwhelmed Here Delyse is talking about how we get overwhelmed, what is happening that is causing this. and some of the things we focus on from a body psychotherapy perspective, as a result. This can be useful if you have just started therapy or you are thinking about it to give [...] How is therapy transformative?
How is therapy transformative So many times people come into therapy wanting to know what happens, how does it work? What are we doing in therapy? I think one of the important things we are doing is encouraging people to have a more intimate relationship with themselves. Without that relationship it is very difficult to make [...] Emotional Release
Emotional release Throughout my training into working with the body and trauma, I have been challenged to look at some of the ways I had been trained in the past. The most obvious is to do with emotions and emotional release. In the early days I was trained in Gestalt and back then pounding pillows and [...] Somatic Psychotherapy
Somatic Psychotherapy Trauma is held in our nervous system and bound together in symptoms. Focusing on sensations/movement/energy/feelings in the body begins to tease apart that bound up energy. Sensations lead us to the wisdom of the body and to releasing the trauma. The story of the body allows us to access the ways in which the [...] Letting Go of Trauma
Letting go of trauma I want to share an experience recently of some personal work I was doing that completed and let go of an early trauma. I want to share how powerful working from a mind-body approach can be. I have always been fairly inflexible especially around my hip area. As years have gone by [...] Dealing with Shame
Dealing with shame Dealing with shame is a difficult and delicate process. Paradoxically in order to heal our shame we need to expose it. Everyone to some degree experiences shame. When the world fails to fulfill our every desire shame develops as a result of interpersonal disconnection. At these times we are exposed, cut off and [...] |
Delyse Ledgard Registered Clinical Counsellor |
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