ARTICLES

  • OVERCOMING THE PERSECUTORY INNER CRITIC

    OVERCOMING THE PERSECUTORY INNER CRITIC

    The inner critic is the mental structure from which all persecuting, punishing, angry, aggressive, accusatory, belittling, and, of course, criticizing inner voices, thoughts, and feelings originate. It arises through the internalization of strict, critical, and controlling parental (or other close) figures from our past. In this way, we develop a mental model in which the…

  • PROCRASTINATION ROOTS: CONTROLLING PARENT AND INADEQUATE INNER CHILD

    PROCRASTINATION ROOTS: CONTROLLING PARENT AND INADEQUATE INNER CHILD

    Procrastination is officially and narrowly defined as the act of intentional, conscious delay of something that needs to be done (Merriam-Webster, 2019). More specifically, it is the avoidance of completing a task or obligation, or the delaying of starting an action, regardless of the potential negative consequences. In many cases, this can also involve giving…

  • PSYCHOLOGY OF TOXIC PARTNER ATTACHMENT PATTERNS

    PSYCHOLOGY OF TOXIC PARTNER ATTACHMENT PATTERNS

    The quality and characteristics of emotional attachment to others during early childhood and youth significantly influence the way one connects with people later in life. Relationship experiences during this period remain much more deeply and strongly embedded in the mind than any subsequent experiences (with the exception of extremely traumatic situations during adulthood, which always…