Post Traumatic Stress and Anxiety

Post Traumatic Stress and Anxiety

In the aftermath of Narcissistic Abuse, we usually have two major things going on….Post Traumatic Stress and Emotional Overload, which contributes to the Post Traumatic Stress. Both need to be approached differently. Emotions need to be welcomed and felt. We need to develop emotional awareness and learn to embrace what we are feeling rather than […]

Are You a Scapegoat

Are You a Scapegoat

Are you someone who is the black sheep of your family? Have you always felt you were different? Do you have a hard time fitting into the “norm” of the people around you? Are you sensitive and empathic? Do you often find yourself the target of other people’s hostility? Do you seem to get blamed […]

Why You Are Addicted to the Narcissist

Why You Are Addicted to the Narcissist

Teal Swan made an excellent video on the topic of Relationship Addiction.  She brings in science of how mice, when given intermittent reinforcement in the form of pellets, they become crazy obsessed, camping out at the pellet dispenser, pushing the button, trying to get a pellet.  When a pellet is dished out intermittently, the mouse […]

A New Program for Panic and Anxiety!

A New Program for Panic and Anxiety!

If you often find yourself “freaking out,” after the narcissistic discard, or from the PTSD following narcissistic abuse, there is help. As a counselor specializing in Narcissistic Abuse, I have people contact me on a regular basis needing emergency care.  They are often in a state of panic and don’t know what to do.  They […]

How Your Stories Keep you Stuck in Narcissistic Abuse

How Your Stories Keep you Stuck in Narcissistic Abuse

One of the most common questions victims of narcissistic abuse ask me is “how do I stop thinking about it?”  There are a lot of reasons we get stuck in ruminating about the narcissist and what he or she has done.  Often the behavior you have witnessed is atrocious, even unforgivable, as you might see […]

Post Traumatic Stress After Narcissistic Abuse

Post Traumatic Stress After Narcissistic Abuse

Go to Product-specials/ Listen and/or download the Podcast on Pandoras-box-radio.com. Most people who experience narcissistic abuse have difficulty getting anybody to understand what they are going through.  People understand physical abuse.  They understand verbal abuse.  They understand very controlling behavior, but they don’t understand the subtle, crazy making, type of slow destruction that results in […]

Healing Narcissistic Abuse Now Available in Print

Healing Narcissistic Abuse Now Available in Print

In January of 2013 I went to Costa Rica and wrote my book “Healing Narcissistic Abuse and Finding the True Self.”  It has been available as an E book but not in print.  By popular demand I have now launched this book in print.  It is a pretty large book at 382 pages. Healing Narcissistic […]

Could Yoga Hold The Key to Healing Trauma?

Could Yoga Hold The Key to Healing Trauma?

Approximately 10 million women in America have been physically assaulted at some time in their life. Yes, that’s a sobering statistic. But the far-reaching effects of violence against women are even darker. Over a third of these survivors experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with increased rates of depression, obesity and heart disease. So how do we […]