Therapy | Dr. Margaret Paul

Don't Be Your Partner's Therapist

By Margaret, on February 28th, 2022

By Dr. Margaret Paul July 12, 2021

Learn why it’s not healthy to be your partner’s therapist, and what else to do.

One of the important things I learned in my own marriage and in my work with clients is that a committed relationship is NOT supposed to be a therapeutic relationship. . . . → Read More: Don’t Be Your Partner’s Therapist

What Should I Do With My Painful Feelings?

By Margaret, on January 28th, 2022

By Dr. Margaret Paul June 21, 2021

Do you have a hard time knowing what your pain is about and what to do with your painful feelings?

Jane asks: Like so many others, I am disconnected from my feelings much of the time. When I do experience my feelings, I typically do . . . → Read More: What Should I Do With My Painful Feelings?”

“I’m Not Important Enough To Want To Love Myself”

By Margaret, on March 30th, 2015

When you were growing up, did you feel important to your parents? Did they attend to you in loving ways to show you how important you were to them? Or, did you often feel like a bother or a burden to them?

Did either of your parents or caregivers role-model loving themselves? Did . . . → Read More: “I’m Not Important Enough To Want To Love Myself”