“Covert incest occurs when a child becomes the object of a parent’s affection, love, passion, and preoccupation. … The boundary between caring love and incestuous love is crossed when the relationship with the child exists to meet the needs of the parent rather than those of the child. … The child feels used and trapped; …
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Silently Abused: Understanding Covert Incest
July 11th, 2016 | Posted by in Abuse | Addiction | Family Issues | Parenting | Relationships | Sex Addiction - (Comments Off on Silently Abused: Understanding Covert Incest)Five Toxic Girly Thoughts Guaranteed to Increase Your Holiday Stress
December 18th, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Five Toxic Girly Thoughts Guaranteed to Increase Your Holiday Stress)
It’s the happy holiday season, and you’re already feeling the pressure. If you’re like most of us, you’re already hearing that inner voice that pushes you to do more, reminding you that it is up to you to make this a holiday season to remember while telling you that no matter what you’re doing, it …
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Is Society, or YOU, Holding Your Daughter Back?
August 14th, 2015 | Posted by in Adolescents | Adolescents' Issues | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Is Society, or YOU, Holding Your Daughter Back?)Good Housekeeping just posted a terrific piece giving advice to mothers, titled, “5 Ways to Encourage Confidence in Your Daughter” An important part of the message is that for women to consciously build confidence in their daughters, they also have to undo the messages they have bought into—self-defeating beliefs and behaviors I call toxic girly …
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Immaculate Conception, Really?
July 7th, 2015 | Posted by in Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Parenting | Relationships | Sexuality | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Immaculate Conception, Really?)Bristol Palin is in the news again for being pregnant and unmarried. But the real question is: why is this news? Was this an immaculate conception? If not, then we need to ask why this is concerned newsworthy . . . unless there is an underlying bias. Why Isn’t the Father in the News? …
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Sixteen and Not Ready to Confront Girly Thoughts
May 22nd, 2015 | Posted by in Adolescents | Adolescents' Issues | Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Sixteen and Not Ready to Confront Girly Thoughts)I met Roseanna recently when I gave a talk at a university. She remembered that I asked women to share their girly thoughts, an obnoxious term I coined to describe that toxic, inner self-talk that plagues and disempowers women. Roseanna’s Contribution Roseanna send me a poem she wrote about her sister, …
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How Your Girly Thoughts™ Increase Your Holiday Stress
November 18th, 2014 | Posted by in Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on How Your Girly Thoughts™ Increase Your Holiday Stress)By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power (published on 10.28.14) — a fun book about a serious topic The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013) Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012) …
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Having Faith In Positive Energy
September 30th, 2014 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Addiction Education | Family Issues | Integrative Living | Mindfulness | Relationships | Therapy | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Having Faith In Positive Energy)
Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Certified Transformational and Recovery Coach. She is the author of “The Law of the Sobriety: Attracting Positive Energy for a Powerful Recovery” and the creator of Wake Up Recovery. She is the go to expert on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Pinsky and media expert on …
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Introducing Our New Contributing Blogger, Joan E. Childs!
August 27th, 2014 | Posted by in Family Issues | Grief | Mental Illness | Therapy - (Comments Off on Introducing Our New Contributing Blogger, Joan E. Childs!)
Counselor, along with HCI Books is pleased to welcome Joan E. Childs, LCSW, as our newest contributing blogger! Joan E. Childs has been a licensed clinical social worker since 1978 specializing in change work for human potentiality, personal growth and self actualization. She was chosen to be the first affiliate of the John Bradshaw Center in the United States …
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Getting Married? Don’t Say I Do to Your Girly Thoughts
August 14th, 2014 | Posted by in Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Getting Married? Don’t Say I Do to Your Girly Thoughts)
By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power (publication date 10.28.14) The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013) Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012) …
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