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Histrionic personality disorder normally includes a pattern of attention seeking behaviour. Typically this involves wanting to be the center of attention in any group of people, perhaps being flirtatious or provocative. People with Histrionic Personality Disorder often act out a role in their relationship with others rather than feel emotions as such. They may have difficulty achieving or…

I have recently been trained in the rewind technique for working with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Rewind technique is different from other techniques in that it no details have to be disclosed by the client to the therapist. Because it isn’t intrusive or voyeuristic there is less chance of the client being re-traumatized and…

Please click the link below for an article on different types of abuse http://www.rscpp.co.uk/content/causes/understanding-types-abuse.html

Children are dependent on adults to provide safety, nurture and the emotional conditions to help them develop healthily. If they don’t have these things they may grow up believing the world is unsafe, that they can’t trust others or they don’t feel they deserve positive attention and regard. They grow up feeling emotionally abandoned. As adults they feel they couldn’t live…

Trauma usually refers to when our usual ways of processing and coping become overwhelmed during a distressing event or events. It can leave us feeling unable to cope, numb, isolated, disconnected, anxious and vulnerable. Sometimes it can be a one off event, other times it can take place over a sustained period of time. Some of…

With the sad death of comedian and actor Robin Williams depression is now once again in the spotlight. But what do we know about depression? For some people it happens gradually over a period of time, for others it happens suddenly. It is a common condition which affects about 1 in 10 people at some…

Our life experiences and communication skills are linked. How we communicate, how we perceive, our attitudes have been shaped by our life experiences and from our significant others such as parents, older siblings, friends, teachers, clergy etc. For example we may have grown up in an environment where sex was a taboo subject so we get…

The word ‘esteem’ comes from a Latin word which means ‘estimate’. When we think of self esteem we are looking at how we estimate ourselves. Ironically however our self esteem more often than not is not so much what we think of ourselves but rather what we think others think of us. Our sense of…

As mentioned yesterday here are some ideas to help if you find yourself in a manipulative relationship. One way to detect a manipulator is to observe them to see if they behave differently around different people. Although this is quite normal for all of us manipulators go from one extreme to the other, for example helpless to…