What’s Normal? What’s Right?
As children, statements like "mind your own business," labels of [...]
What If Someone Was Sexually Abused?
Do the emotional “scars” of sexual abuse ever really heal? [...]
How Can I Help My Parents without Losing Myself?
When boundaries between you and your parents weren’t ever clearly [...]
Victim or Volunteer?
Are you a victim of verbal abuse, threatened emotionally, psychologically [...]
How Can I Say No?
If you grew up in an authoritarian family, you probably [...]
How Can I Avoid Hurting Someone’s Feelings?
Marcella sat in her office, wondering how to respond to [...]
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT?
Many people are confused about boundaries. In some families, boundaries [...]
Why Do I Over-React?
When Jim’s steady girlfriend called and said that she’d have [...]
How Can I Overcome Jealousy?
Unless you “walk on water”, you have probably been jealous [...]
Will I Always be Depressed?
“I try so hard. What’s the use. I have no [...]
How Can I Stop Feeling Scared?
I keep up a good “front.” Most people I know [...]
When is Grief Reasonable?
Many of us live life trying to maintain the illusion [...]