by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 4, 2025 | Psychology Topics
“Faustus: Stay, Mephistophilis, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistophilis: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the reason why he tempts us thus? Mephistophilis: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. (It is a comfort to the wretched to...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 4, 2025 | Psychology Topics
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral’s Kiss Childhood trauma casts a long shadow. Even if we can’t remember the specifics of what happened to us,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
How Therapy Can Heal Toxic Relationships Leaving a toxic relationship is one of the bravest and most difficult steps a person can take. Whether it was a romantic partner, a family member, or a close friend, extricating yourself from a relationship pattern that was...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 3, 2025 | Psychology Topics
How Can you Heal Narcissistic Abuse in Therapy? “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Narcissistic abuse is a form of emotional and...