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36 Years Later––An Updated Look at the “Codependent” Label

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

Does the old label of codependency have validity today with the new information we have about how personalities navigate relationships? Discover the new findings. In her book Codependent No More, Melody Beattie talks about the codependent roles of people in unhealthy...
Parental Alienation: How and When Does It Start?

Parental Alienation: How and When Does It Start?

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

Discover surprising answers from early marriage and parenting. During 40 years of being a child and adult psychiatrist, and 20 years as a forensic child psychiatrist, I discovered one of the unsavory ways automatic living plays out. This occurs in parental...
The Origins of Double Standards in Toxic Relationships

The Origins of Double Standards in Toxic Relationships

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

Where double standards come from, and how to diminish their destructive effects. A common way of thinking is to believe that all people see things the same way and therefore respond alike. In other words, we are skilled at believing others think like us. We are also...
How Narcissists Create Confusion for Everyone

How Narcissists Create Confusion for Everyone

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

Self-centered, narcissistic people create confusion and chaos for others around them. This is true whether in the family, at work, or in any group they belong to. Since narcissists only believe in the vertical pronoun “I,” they are only self-interested and...
Repeating the Same Conflicts With Your Spouse?

Repeating the Same Conflicts With Your Spouse?

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

Is every episode of disagreement with your significant other a déjà vu for you? Are you visiting the same arguments, territory and discussions again and again? Does nothing change from the first time you had conflict? Why is this and what does it mean for...

How a Double Standard Creates Chaos in Relationships

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

The way we relate to other people is unconscious. This means we are not aware of how we judge and treat others. People do not relate in the same way to all other people. Nor do people even act and think the same way toward themselves when they are with different...
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