Family therapy and eating disorder recovery goes hand in hand. When a loved one is struggling with an eating disorder, it’s easy to feel helpless, frustrated, or even shut out. Families often carry the invisible weight of watching someone they love suffer. They may also carry guilt, confusion, or even blame. That’s why family therapy […]
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Locus of control (LOC) is a theory coined by Julian B. Rotter in 1954. The need for this construct came about when Rotter wanted to better capture or understand personality and how humans learn. Rotter meant for locus of control to be more of a continuum, despite the use of either-or language. So what is
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We have entered the time of year where holiday gatherings are happening frequently and having a healthy relationship with food an be challenging. Spending time with family, specifically, can add additional stress to your relationship with food. We all initially learn how to nourish our bodies from our family or origin. These food practices are
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Defining an empathy miss is important question, but first, it’s important that you know the different parts of empathy. If you didn’t get a chance to read the earlier blog on empathy, start here: https://www.couragepsych.com/empathy/ Now that you have the four main parts down, let’s dig into empathy misses. What is an empathy miss? Empathy
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Empathy is “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another.” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy) Also, empathy is distinctly different from sympathy. Watch the fun, short clip below to understand how: https://youtu.be/1Evwgu369Jw Furthermore, empathy is a skill that can be developed. Dr. Brené Brown has identified 4
Connection, break and repair are part of a natural cycle we go through in every relationship, even with ourselves! In his research, John Gottman found that this cycle and how we move through it in a relationship can help predict the longevity of the relationship. To learn more about connection, break and repair, read the
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Connection, break and repair are a natural part of the relationship cycle we go through, even with ourselves! In his research, John Gottman found that this cycle and how we move through it in a relationship can help predict the longevity of the relationship. CONNECTION in the relationship cycle “Successful long-term relationships are created through
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John Gottman, a renowned relationship researcher, identifies that a bid is how we tell someone that we want attention in our relationship. A bid can be verbal, such as, “I need to talk,” or “can we plan some quality time?” Bids can also be non-verbal such as giving a hug or coming and sitting next
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Co-regulation is a tool that is used in secure relationships that helps you to teach, model, demonstrate and invite emotional regulation through your own example. This helps your loved one figure out how to navigate self-regulation in the future. This tool is often used by parents with their kids but can be used in other
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We do relationship and family work at Cultivating Courage Psychological Services. One of the tools we use to help increase connection is love languages. Dr. Gary Chapman identified five primary love languages: quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, physical touch and gifts.* People typically like to primarily receive and show love in one or
