https://bondipsychotherapy.substack.com/p/bondi-therapist-surfing-lifes-waves A therapist’s reflections on being human in relationships A little about me: I am a psychotherapist with over 16 years experience specialising in Bowen Family Systems Theory (a theory of human behaviour). I work with people in different configurations: families, couples, individuals, parents-children. I see a person’s problems as being inextricably interwoven to their…
Almost all daughters feel disappointed with their mothers at some point, because nobody can live up to the impossible and exhausting expectations that accompany mothering. Your daughter’s mistake will probably be to assume that she’s going to get it ‘right’ when she becomes a mother herself, rather than questioning gender roles and the job description…
The family: an emotional system. Most therapeutic frameworks view a person’s behaviour as emerging from an individual or from a dyad (mother-child), Bowen Family Systems Theory however, views human behaviour through a ‘family systems’ lens. The human family according to Bowen Family Systems Theory is a naturally occurring system, a product of evolution, like all…
Anxiety- Chronic or Acute? We all experience anxiety from time to time, it is a natural condition of being alive. Anxiety is our response to a threat, real or imagined, and exists on a continuum – from a short lived spike in heart rate to a paralysing stress response. It is normal for us to…