Vallarta Tribune, Mar 26-Apr 1, 2006, issue # 468, pg 20 We are all a product of our environment, particularly our home environment. Our family determines a great deal of our psychological and emotional development influencing the person we become and the “baggage we carry” into adulthood. Today, let’s consider the alcoholic/addict family and its […]
Vallarta Tribune, Mar 5-11, 2006, issue # 465, pg 20 We all have a family of origin whether we grew up with them or not, whether we get along with them now or not, or even if we are in contact with them or not. No family is perfect. All families have varying degrees of dysfunction; it’s […]
PV Mirror, Sept 4-10, issue # 99, pg 21 In a therapy session, an individual who seeks help and begins to change, to grow, to heal, to get better, is going to respond to his world differently throughout this process. His partner, children, friends, work colleagues will notice the differences which, may be subtle or […]
PV Mirror, May 22-28, 2010, issue #85, pg 15 Is there an addict or alcoholic in your life that you are worried about? Do you feel like you’ve tried everything to convince them they have a problem or to get help? Have they gone to AA/12-step programs and quit attending because “it” wasn’t working? Consider […]
Our family of origin is at the core of our being. It is the source of the majority of all of our beliefs, behaviors, interests, traditions, culture, attitudes, childhood and adolescent experiences, traumas, praise, our sense of self, our attachment to others, our approach to life. However much it damaged us or enriched us, it […]
Vallarta Tribune, Aug 13-19, 2006, issue # 488, pg 18 What happens to the children who grow up in chaotic homes? Many problems contribute to the chaos such as marital conflict, affairs, divorce, loss or absence of a parent, addiction, and domestic violence. The problems can manifest themselves in many ways including behavioral problems, dramatic […]
PV Mirror, Feb 5-11, 2011, issue #121, pg 21 Last week I described the a) achiever, b) triangulator, c) passive one, d) other-directed one. Now here are the next four types. Let’s see which ones sound familiar either for you or someone you know. The Conflict Avoider:avoids personal conflict at any cost, but […]
PV Mirror, Jan 29-Feb 4, 2011, issue # 120, pg 21 There is a classic book in the addiction field written specifically about daughters who grow up in alcoholic homes. Robert J Ackerman, PhD, spent his career specializing in alcoholic families and has written numerous books. This one in particular is “Perfect Daughters”. In it […]
Vallarta Tribune, Nov 5-11, 2006, issue # 500, pg 25 October is “Breast Cancer Awareness” month. In order to honor of all of the women who have been afflicted, those who have survived and those who have not, and for those who of us who have yet to be diagnosed, we chose to imagine a […]
PV MIrror, Oct 23-29, 2010, issue # 106, pg 16-17 How many of you know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer? All of you, right? I cannot imagine not knowing anyone who’s been diagnosed. The more poignant question is how close were/are they to you; a friend of a friend, someone else’s Aunt, […]
© 2022 by Giselle Belanger
