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A Question for the Anxious
The problem with anxious moods is that they often hide from us what it is we're actually concerned about. It feels like we're worrying...
Irina Adams
Dec 14, 20191 min read


Can People Change?
We're often in a position of deeply hoping that someone on whom we depend might change: become (perhaps) less defensive or less angry,...
Irina Adams
Dec 14, 20191 min read


Simplify Your Life
What many of us long for more than anything else is a simpler life; we feel overwhelmed by our responsibilities, schedules, commitments...
Irina Adams
Sep 3, 20191 min read


Good Enough Parenting
When we become parents, the meaning of the saying that parenting is the hardest but most rewarding job you will ever have becomes...
Irina Adams
Jul 28, 20193 min read


What to Expect from Couples Therapy.
Like many things that help our relationships, couples therapy has a habit of sounding appallingly unromantic, involving patience,...
Irina Adams
Jul 28, 20191 min read


What is PTSD
PTSD: a mental health issue developed after experiencing a life-threatening event, like combat, a disaster, an accident, or sexual assault.
Irina Adams
Jul 6, 20191 min read


GASLIGHTED?
Gaslighting is used by an abuser to gain more power by making the victim question their reality.
Irina Adams
Jul 1, 20191 min read


How Childhood Trauma Effects You in Adulthood
It's a humbling thought, but much about who we are as adults can be traced back to things that happened to us before our 12th birthday....
Irina Adams
Jun 16, 20191 min read


3 Hidden Relationship Issues at the Heart of Intimacy
According to Dr. Esther Perel, all our relational conflicts at home or at home stem from three main hidden issues: Power & Control;...
Irina Adams
Jun 16, 20191 min read


Rethinking Infidelity
In her interview on NPR and TED Talk "Rethinking Infidelity." couples therapist and world leading expert in cheating and infidelity, Dr....
Irina Adams
Jun 16, 20193 min read


What is Your Attachment Style?
Attachment theory refers to a set of ideas formulated by psychologists in the 1960s that gives us an exceptionally useful guide to how we...
Irina Adams
Jun 9, 20191 min read


Trauma and you...
A great many of us have - in one way or another - been traumatised somewhere in our past. Not only have we suffered greatly, we are...
Irina Adams
Jun 9, 20191 min read


What is Psychotherapy and What's in it for You?
Psychotherapy holds out the promise of helping us with many problems that complicate our lives: anxiety, self-hatred, anger, shame and...
Irina Adams
Jun 9, 20191 min read


Three Keys to Happiness in Daily Life
It doesn’t take a whole new routine to instill a dose of happiness into your day—but it does take a little self awareness. 1. Be grateful...
Irina Adams
Jun 9, 20191 min read


20 Signs you're Emotionally Mature
However old we might be, none of us is ever quite emotionally mature - but having a list to hand of what maturity consists of might be a...
Irina Adams
Jun 9, 20191 min read
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