Living

Parenting with trauma is tough. Really tough. I recall holding our firstborn in my arms, rocking him to sleep, and feeling deeply disturbed by a …

In therapy, Adam and I often hear the term dissociation as part of our complex PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder or C-PTSD). It’s how we coped …

Signs of repressed childhood trauma in adults can be subtle or abrupt and obvious and have long-term consequences. If you ask Adam about his childhood, …

If you suffer from complex PTSD, we want you to know you’re not alone. Adam and I are both survivors working through complex PTSD as …

You may be more familiar with enmeshment in cultures than you may think. When I grew up, my mother thought it was appropriate that she …

Did you know you can be enmeshed with a romantic partner? This co-dependent bond is where personal boundaries vanish, and personal growth and internal validation …

We’ve covered mother enmeshment, specifically with the son, as well as father-daughter enmeshment. You might not be surprised that this dynamic can also result in …

If I am being honest, I would have preferred not to discuss the presence of the father-daugher enmeshment dynamic. Thinking about the abusive relationship my …

You may have seen this dynamic play out in TV shows, movies, or even real life: the one where the mother-in-law is hell-bent on maintaining …

One of the critical concepts Adam and I have learned in schema therapy is enmeshment and more specifically, mother enmeshment. Here are some examples you …