by Naomi Adams | Aug 1, 2019 | Relationships
Photo Credit: Gregory Hayes, [email protected] We define dating as the quest for serious partnership or ongoing companionship. Today’s dating world is radically different from that of even a generation ago, and is light years away from previous...
by Naomi Adams | May 23, 2019 | Relationships
Images of physical dismemberment are often used in fairy tales, dreams, and art to depict psychological fragmentation, numbing and other forms of disconnection. Such cut-offs, dissociations, and splits may be related to earlier relational trauma, and constitute...
by Naomi Adams | Apr 4, 2019 | Relationships
One of the issues clients bring into the therapeutic consulting room is dissatisfaction with the state of their marriage or partnership. Although this dilemma often takes shape as bipolar, it represents a challenge to engagement with deep, defended parts of self and...
by Naomi Adams | Feb 28, 2019 | Relationships
Estrangement from members of one’s family and others take place far more often than seems commonly acknowledged. Estrangement involves psychologically cutting-off, repressing, and defending against connection with another who has come to be experienced as...
by Naomi Adams | Jan 24, 2019 | Relationships
Heartbreak is more primal, more pervasive, and more related to one’s sense of self than sadness is. Our hearts can break over the death of a dearly loved other, including a pet…and our hearts can break over the death of a relationship as well as the death of...
by Naomi Adams | Dec 20, 2018 | Relationships
As the holiday season approaches, we examine the tidal pull of the ancient, archetypal power of the solstice season. Because of this underpinning, together with the power of family narratives, roles, and complexes, the holidays can be fraught with intense feeling,...