Sentences with phrase «past dysfunctional relationships»

In its brief form, a psychodynamic approach enables the client to examine unresolved conflicts and symptoms that arise from past dysfunctional relationships and manifest themselves in the need and desire to abuse substances.

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Wenger stays, I am gone even if you would prefer me to stay in this dysfunctional relationship with you and complain for an other year about the same old things or be asked to praise Wenger's greatness even if it is in the past.

A man whose unavailability arose from a dysfunctional ex (or harbored feelings toward said ex) will likely evade questions about past relationships.

Perhaps you grew up in a dysfunctional family and just can't get past old trauma, repeat unhealthy patterns, are unhappy in a relationship, grieving a loss or just needing some help to get on the right track.

Whether you are hurting, stressed out, overwhelmed or feeling stuck emotionally because of bad relationships, dysfunctional family systems, school, work, past traumatic experiences, there is hope.

Clients often cling persistently to the past, where early dysfunctional patterns of relating to others created templates for future relationships, leading to undesirable or distorted beliefs and expectations of self and others.

You and your spouse will receive counseling with a doctorate or masters level therapist working through past wounds, healing dysfunctional patterns in your relationship, and learning new ways of connecting.

These approaches give me a framework to assist you with learning new coping skills; increasing motivation for change; overcoming ambivalence about change; clarifying your values and what is most important to you; identifying your strengths and resources that have helped in the past; identifying patterns in relationships; and changing dysfunctional thought processes that are leading to uncomfortable feelings and unwanted behaviors.

Past research examining the relationship between cognitive vulnerability to depressive symptoms in adolescent samples have found strong support for a wide range of factors including attributional style (e.g., Abela and Hankin 2008), dysfunctional attitudes (e.g., Lewinsohn et al. 2001), and rumination (Abela et al. 2007).