As a therapist, it can always be the case that I can be confronted with a situation where a patient is suicidal. While some are obvious cases, I always need to be aware of the more subtle clues that might lead me to believe that it could happen. It is a difficult one. Given the…
Month: June 2013
Using the “parent within” to help the inner child
When we think about child abuse, our thoughts often stop at sexual abuse of minors. However, the term child abuse, often replaced by child maltreatment, has a broad spectrum of definition. The WHO defines it as follows : “Child maltreatment, sometimes referred to as child abuse and neglect, includes all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual…
A ‘Higher Power’ can help abused children recover.
Children who are subject to abuse of any sort often look for help outside of the family in their quest for recovery. Often abandoned emotionally and bruised physically, they cannot find solace within the family unit which was often responsible for the abuse in the first place. The following quote says much about why children…
Does abuse define a career path?
One of the enduring questions of human development and behaviour is why we take the paths that we do. What influences us in our choice of partner, profession, lifestyle and other things that make us who we are? This is a deep and complicated question even if a “good enough” upbringing has been experienced but…
