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25 Mar Musings from a Shelter-in-Place Therapist: Connecting in the Age of Coronavirus

Posted at 19:49h in Addiction & Substance Use Disorders, coronavirus, COVID-19, family, Fragile Power, Mental Health, power, recovery, shelter in place, social distancing by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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Social distancing is the opposite of what most people dealing with substance use disorders, addiction, or mental health conditions need in their day-to-day life. Recovery of any kind generally depends on interaction, building connections, and reparative relationships with other humans—not isolation. In fact, behavioral health...

12 Nov Resolving Relational Conflict: Setting Effective Boundaries with Narcissist Partners

Posted at 10:44h in abusive relationships, Fragile Power, marital counseling, marriage counseling, narcissism, power, relationships by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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By Dr. Paul Hokemeyer I suck at this.” The ‘this’ Tom was referring to were the boundaries he’d attempted to put around his emotional well-being and his narcissistic husband’s emotional and financial manipulation of him over the course of their 20-year relationship. “Every time I tell him he...