While the world might see addiction as a series of destructive choices, those battling substance use know it's often a ...

Gaslighting constitutes a form of emotional abuse ... and then responding to triggers of past pain with self-compassion.

Psychological abuse, also known as emotional abuse, comes in subtle forms of insults ... to stop being ambitious and these statements hurt me and to some extent I started doubting myself ...

As a woman, what kind of stress might make me ill? is the kind of situation that creates emotional pain that doesn't seem to be resolvable. And I have many patients who come in and talk to me ...