Have you ever been emotionally blackmailed or manipulated? Felt like your feelings have been taken hostage? Learn how to set boundaries to protect yourself and preserve your identity against emotional blackmail and manipulation.
If you found this video interesting you may also want to check out some of our recent blog posts on dealing with problematic relationships and relationship responses. See the post about how to stop comparing yourself to others, abandoholism, ending toxic relationships and ACT acceptance and commitment therapy.
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It was Socrates who said, “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Self-reflection is integral to happiness; the ability to examine your life and to evaluate the course you are on, then to stop and make changes to your thoughts and behaviours to be more in line with who you really are, is in essence…
To decide whether you suffer from a trauma-related stress disorder, you should understand the basic differences between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). The basic distinction between PTSD and C-PTSD can be summarised as follows: PTSD can be caused by a single traumatic incident. C-PTSD is usually caused by multiple (or…
An interesting development in the local cannabis news yesterday. The exclusion of Cannabidiol (CBD) an oil compound derived from cannabis has had the legislation door opened for the next 12 months to the South African public. The Minister of Health in South Africa essentially signed new legislation permitting the sale and distribution of low dose…
The greatest gift you can give yourself is unconditional love. In today’s world of social comparison, shifting goalposts and ever-increasing competition, it’s easy to get lost in the plethora of self-judgment and criticism. But this kind of self-talk does not serve you. Most of the time, our inner critic stems from fear and fear is…
The term tough love was first coined in 1968 by Bill Milliken when he authored the book “Tough Love”, and since then has been used by many authors as the basis for treating addiction. Bill Milliken’s description of the tough love approach includes: “I don’t care how this makes you feel toward me. You may…
Overview of Addiction Treatment Groups Besides individual and family sessions, group therapy is a valuable additional tool in addiction treatment. It is neither better nor worse than the other methods. It is an effective additional type of therapy that improves the security of long term sobriety when added to other forms of treatment.