What happens between sessions: why change also occurs outside the therapy room
A session lasts an hour; a week has 168 of them. Read where change actually happens, and how to carry therapy with you out of the room.
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Borderline personality disorder in relationships: when the fear of abandonment runs everything
Why the fear of abandonment is so strong in borderline personality disorder, how it shows in a relationship, what research says about its course, and what both people can do.
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Redundancies, crises and moral distress: the weight of decisions that hurt others
When a decision is justified and still hurts. What moral distress is, when it becomes moral injury, and how to carry decisions that affect people without going numb or punishing yourself.
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ADHD and money: why buying decisions work differently
With ADHD, trouble with money rarely comes from not knowing better. On dopamine, delay aversion, bills that sit unopened, shame — and systems that remember for you.
ReadYour inner voices were once outer ones
The voice that says "of course, who else" when you make a mistake was once spoken out loud by someone. How childhood relationships move inward. The second post in a series on…
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Does therapy actually work? What the research says about its effectiveness
Does psychotherapy actually work? Half a century of research says yes, with a large effect comparable to medicine. Here is what the numbers show, and when it doesn't.
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When loss needs professional help: the signs and where to turn
Most people come to terms with a loss on their own, but roughly one in ten gets stuck. Three signs that it is time for help, and where to turn in Slovenia…
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The intrapsychic: what happens inside you before you say a word
What the intrapsychic is, what lives in the inner world, and why more happens between an event and our response than anyone present can see. The first post in a series.
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Migraine at work: how to talk about it — and how much to say
Should you tell anyone at work about your migraine, whom, and how much? Disclosure isn't all or nothing. How to prepare the conversation, an attack plan, and where psychological work helps.
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What marriage and family therapy is, and who it is for
Marriage and family therapy is not only for couples in crisis. Meet the systemic view that sees your distress inside a web of relationships, even if you come alone.
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