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How Abusive Control can lead to Producing Alter Personalities

It is important to understand how control works and how it contributes to a person’s struggle inside to be one or to be whole. The alters serve the purpose of representing the personality who sought freedom or escape from the situation that was out of their control. The alter personalities also keep the person from living as one whole...

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It’s All About Power and Control ~ New Book

In this video, Norm shares his excitement over the upcoming publication of his new book, “It’s all about Power and Control ~ why marriages fall apart and what it takes to put them back together again”. This book has been 4 years in the making and 25 years in the planning and research. Norm talks about the history behind how this book came to be. When he began to notice patterns in the...

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A Year is a Long Time in Relationship to Parenting

When you think about parenting and the length of time it takes to accomplish the job, remember that it will take at least 16 to 18 or more years devoted to parenting as a primary role. Also remember that just one year is a long time. I believe that every parent aspires to love their child, to be a good parent and to make a difference...

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Psychological Abuse ~ Restricting Activity

There is a tactic used by psychological abusive people that involves restricting the activities or actions of somebody else. Restricting activities actually attempts to control the boundaries that the spouse operates within. The psychologically abusive person uses this strategy of withholding in order to restrict an activity that might...

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A Healthy Mindset for a Counseling Therapist

There is a mindset that seems evident when a therapist is open to and willing to get personal help from another psychotherapist or mental health professional. This mindset is often revealed in the way the therapist works with clients, for instance when counseling therapists see themselves on a journey with the client towards...

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