therapy

  • I Didn’t Realise Space From My Parents would Feel Like This

    “My life with them had been one constant rollercoaster and I just needed to get off. I needed to recover.” 6 months ago, almost to the day, was the most important day of my life. My wedding day. 18 months in the making, my now wife and I had created a small but intimate gathering. Read more

  • The One Truth I Wish I Had Grasped Sooner

    So much of my adult life has been wasted blaming myself for not being attentive enough to my parents. I grew up in a very dysfunctional environment where co-dependency, amongst several other unhealthy dynamics, was alive and thriving. It wasn’t immediately noticeable to me that there was even a problem. For me it was all Read more

  • A Year of Therapy and Still Struggling. Was it a Waste?

    Absolutely not. Are there days where it feels like I am no closer to being regulated? Yes but that’s because of my impatience and, on some days, lack of trust in the process. There are other days where I sit back and feel a lot of pride in how far I’ve actually come. Coincidentally these Read more