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Monday 07:00 - 19:00 Tuesday 07:00 - 19:00 Wednesday 07:00 - 19:00 Thursday 07:00 - 19:00 Friday 07:00 - 19:00 Saturday 07:00 - 19:00

LIGHT PSYCH, 353 Rivonia Boulevard, Edenburg, Sandton (2026)

Carl assists adults, adolescents, pre-teens and children, as well as couples and families with various psychological, behavioral and emotional challenges.

20/07/2021

*INTIMATE BETRAYAL*

Intimate betrayal can knock the wind out of us. Intimate betrayal is an intense emotional experience that can shake us to the core. Intimate betrayal can make us feel rejected, devalued and unlovable.

One of consequences of intimate betrayal may be rigid thinking that makes it difficult for us to process the pain and begin to heal. We may begin to see the person who betrayed us as completely 'bad' and devalue all of our experiences with them.

When we've experienced intimate betrayal we may retreat into ourselves and hide from the world. To heal from intimate betrayal we must engage in things that make us feel valuable and loveable.

If we close ourselves off to the idea of love we only increase our suffering. As much as intimate betrayal shakes us to the core, we owe it to ourselves to try again.

If you have experienced intimate betrayal, therapy can provide a safe space for you to process and heal.

www.lightpsych.co.za
carl@lightpsych.co.za

18/06/2021

Children are not small adults. They require a different form of intervention. They require play.

08/06/2021

Please read below. You may find it helpful.

Why do we choose friends or partners who frustrate us and do not meet our needs?

Why do we blame ourselves when other people hurt us?

The above questions may seem difficult to answer. A British psychoanalyst by the name of W.R.D Fairbairn outlined two concepts that may be helpful in understanding why we sometimes perpetuate relationships that do not serve us.

Fairbairn described the term "stubborn attachment", which refers to how the rejected and deprived child is more attached to the parent that rejected them rather than less attached.

The other term Fairbairn described is the "repression of bad objects", this term refers to when a rejected or deprived child is unwilling to perceive their parents as bad and instead justifies the parents behavior due to some intrinsic badness within themselves.

Trauma we go through as children can result in patterns that we repeat as adults. These terms that Fairbairn described may be helpful in order to understand our current patterns in adult relationships. It can be helpful in understanding why we blame ourselves when our partners hurt us. It can also be helpful to understand we repeatedly choose friends and partners that hurt us. Psychotherapy can assist you to understand these patterns and process your traumatic experiences.

Address

353 Rivonia Boulevard, Edenburg
Sandton
2128

Opening Hours

Monday	07:00 - 19:00
Tuesday	07:00 - 19:00
Wednesday	07:00 - 19:00
Thursday	07:00 - 19:00
Friday	07:00 - 19:00
Saturday	07:00 - 19:00

Website

http://www.lightpsych.co.za/

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