Scapegoating is an insidious form of family bullying that is destructive to both the target and family alike. Family should be a refuge for all, but becomes destructive through three main mechanisms – hostility, betrayal and ostracization of the scapegoat. Scapegoating creates an adversarial atmosphere of winners and losers, where loyalty is for sale […]
GRIEF & ADDICTION RECOVERY
A while ago I received this email from a woman experiencing the opposite of the positive emotions she had hoped to find in recovery. “I’m in recovery from alcoholism and should feel happy, but I feel sad and angry and empty – almost like I’m grieving. But not only has nobody has died, in […]
Depression Is Not A Disease
The disease model of depression – and anti-depressant use – has been aggressively promoted by the pharmaceutical industry, and embraced by many mental health professionals. This is alarming given that there is no proof that shortages of neurotransmitters – such as serotonin or dopamine – cause depression. It may actually be the reverse, that […]
Attachment Adaptations and Relationships – Developing Healthy Communication Styles
Individual differences in how we deal with anxiety impacts how we respond internally – and externally – to relationship challenges, and is reflected in our interpersonal communication styles. ~ Glynis Sherwood Insecure Attachment in Relationships When you disagree with a loved one or friend how do you handle it? Do you feel anxious and tend to […]
The Workplace Scapegoat: How To Recover From Workplace Bullying
What Is Workplace Bullying? Workplace bullying is scapegoating on the job. Many people who are bullied at work suffer alone due to the silencing effects of being blamed, shamed, humiliated and fearful of losing employment. Next to the threat of losing income, the deepest harm from workplace bullying stems from the emotional, social and spiritual […]
Socially Unrecognized Grief – It’s in the Eye of the Beholder
We grieve in direct proportion to the meaning of our loss What is legitimate grief? Who decides what losses we may rightly mourn, for what length of time and how? It is my belief that grief is in the eye of the beholder, meaning that as human beings we grieve in direct proportion to what […]
Vegan Vitality – Health and Fitness for the 21st Century
Vegan Vitality – Health and Fitness for the 21st Century Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Sunday, May 10, 2015 Karina has done it again! Want to improve your health? Did you know that diet and exercise profoundly impact your mood and overall psychological well being? It’s true, the daily food choices we make and activities […]
Give Her Wings – Helping Abused Women Take Back Their Lives
Until May 31st you can help an abused woman get on her feet and receive a gorgeous, limited edition handmade bracelet! I’m pleased to run this post in support of the work of Megan Cox who heads up Give Her Wings – an organization that raises money for single mothers who have left abusive relationships. Frequently, when a […]
What Is Good Therapy? Some Reflections on Good Will Hunting
“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to“ ~ The late, great Robin Williams as psychotherapist Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting In the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, therapist Sean counsels reluctant fellow under-achiever Will. Young Will is a prodigy […]
Self Acceptance – The Key to Self Worth
photo credit: Love Yourself by Viri G The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change ~ Carl Rogers, Self Acceptance – The Foundation of Mental Health and Positive Relationships Nobody contacts me for counseling complaining that a lack of self acceptance is a […]
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