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Extending trust can be a risky business, and it’s often worth it. We have a choice with trust, we can grant it, or we can wait until...
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Fe Robinson
May 12, 20232 min read
The link between dissociation and attachment
Dissociation can be a challenging psychological symptom to work with. When dissociated, people experience themselves less directly. ...
Fe Robinson
Nov 19, 20222 min read
The fear of receiving
“The fear of receiving resonates in the deepest levels of the psyche. To receive is to let life happen, to open to grief and loss, to...
Fe Robinson
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Spotting patterns in how you communicate
In recent months I have been delving into Brown and Elliott’s comprehensive book about Attachment Disturbances in Adults. It’s a...
Fe Robinson
May 20, 20221 min read
The Abyss of Trauma
My weekend poem this week is called The Abyss. I wrote it in 2011. It speaks of trauma, of the fragmentation inside that happens when...
Fe Robinson
Jan 28, 20222 min read
The experiences we need to enable feelings of security and safety
I’ve recently been reading Daniel Brown and David Elliott’s work about attachment difficulties, which focuses on how to help adults who...
Fe Robinson
Nov 25, 20213 min read
My relationship is not working...what's wrong with me?!
When people come into therapy to talk about relationship problems, they often feel that there must be something wrong with them. This is...
Fe Robinson
May 14, 20211 min read
Gabor Mate on addiction and attachment
Here’s a short clip of Gabor Mate talking about addiction, which he defines as “any behaviour that a person finds relief from and...
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