parenting

Emotionally immature or Narcissistic parent?

attachment, children, connection, family, private practice, resources, self, sisters, therapist, trauma, young people | attachment, blame, conflict, criticism, emotional, emotional immaturity, emotions, family, frustration, inconsistent, narcissism, parenting, responsives, Therapy, victimhood | 1 Comment

If you’re interested in this topic and want to find out more, you might like to see the on-demand CPD videos we have on this same subject. You can see…

Working Therapeutically with Someone in a Narcissistic Relationship

Blog | attachment, children, narcissism, parenting, private practice, psychotherapy, relationships, Therapy, toxic relationships

If you’re interested in this topic and want to find out more, you might like to see the on-demand CPD videos we have on this same subject. You can see…

Counselling the Children of Narcissists

Blog | child, children, counselling, narcissism, narcissist, parenting | 14 Comments

Whilst a mild level of narcissism can be healthy – in order to take care of ourselves we need to believe ourselves worthy of that care – narcissism (and those defined as ‘narcissists’) as spoken about in therapy is less helpful.

Working with Projective Identification in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Blog | children, parenting, projective identification, relationships, young people | 2 Comments

Mostly these unconscious projections will just pass us by, but there may be times when we end up feeling extremely troubled, angry, inadequate, impotent or just rather fazed in the face of unconscious projections from others.

Supporting Clients with an Anxious Attachment Style

Blog | adulthood, anxious attachment, anxiously attached, attachment, attachment theory, childhood, parenting, relationships | 1 Comment

This article looks in detail at anxious attachment and the role therapists can play in their lives. It distills some of the key learning points from a Brighton Therapy Partnership training course with Linda Cundy.