by Adam Young | Dec 29, 2019 | Podcast
The title of this episode comes from a book by C.S. Lewis called The Screwtape Letters. The Screwtape Letters is a collection of letters written from a senior demon, named Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood (a lower ranking demon). Screwtape’s goal is to advise...
by Adam Young | Dec 29, 2019 | Podcast
Triangulation occurs when Mom or Dad becomes emotionally closer to one of the children than to their spouse. Patria and I discuss the fallout of triangulation in the life of the family and the life of the “special” child. The triangulated daughter often...
by Adam Young | Dec 17, 2019 | Podcast
Becky shares how her relationship with her Mom led to a style of relating in which she became committed to “staying out of the way and becoming invisible.” Becky goes on to talk about the younger parts of ourselves that still long for our mothers and fathers, as well...
by Adam Young | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog
“Affect” refers to your internal emotional state. It’s the felt sense of what is happening in your body. Affect is both an embodied, physiological reality reflecting the level of activation of the autonomic nervous system, and a subjective emotional...
by Adam Young | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog
The word trauma comes from a Greek word meaning “wound.” A traumatic experience wounds the mind. It changes the physical structure of the brain, just as a broken arm changes the physical structure of the bone. WHAT MAKES SOMETHING TRAUMATIC?Two dynamics interact in...
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