by Laurie Bertelsen | Feb 18, 2024 | Blog
When a friend gets too emotionally close, do you say bye-bye to the relationship? It could be because you were abused, abandoned, rejected or a foster or adopted child that was given away by your biological parents. Any of these situations are tragic and must hurt...
by Laurie Bertelsen | Feb 11, 2024 | Blog
Everyone needs to deal with their own personal trauma. When we do, it frees us up to live the life we are supposed to live in the present. Doesn’t that sound better that being stuck in past trauma? When emotional trauma is not taken care of it has a tendency to...
by Laurie Bertelsen | Jan 28, 2024 | Blog
Usually when someone punishes regularly it means they have been emotionally damaged, or treated abusively. A person who has been abused abuses. This is a sad situation but trying to self-protect and punishing others doesn’t work for very long. I’m sure you realize...
by Laurie Bertelsen | Jan 21, 2024 | Blog
Some of the reasons you struggle developing friendships may be because of emotional wounding from your past. Examples of wounding are: Rejection and/or abandonment Your parents didn’t bond to you or love you Your friends have hurt you You self-protect by building a...
by Laurie Bertelsen | Jan 14, 2024 | Blog
Grief is a hard portion of life and difficult to live through. It takes a process of the five steps of grief. If you are in grief, I’m sorry you have lost someone. Maybe looking up the five steps of grief would help. When you are ready, I have sessions that...
by Laurie Bertelsen | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog
Emotionally bonding to others is usually based on the attachment style you developed as a child. To find out more on attachment styles google the topic “four attachment styles.” There is a test on line you can take to help you discover your attachment style Something...
