Seth Menachem, Author at Menachem Psychotherapy Group

6 Ways to Deal with Gaslighting

By Seth Menachem
May 21, 2021
Couples Therapy, Relationship Counseling
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6 Ways to Deal with Gaslighting Gaslighting is a damaging form of mental and emotional abuse that is usually most acutely experienced in a close or intimate relationship. For example, in a marriage or other domestic partnership. Gaslighting is an intentional attempt to manipulate someone into doubting their own feelings…

Getting Your Life Back After Growing Up in a Narcissistic Family

Getting Your Life Back After Growing Up in a Narcissistic Family People with narcissism tend to view life in a very strict, black or white way. They see things in terms of winners and losers. Of course, this means that they don’t want to be the losers or victims. In…

5 Benefits of Family Therapy

5 Benefits of Family Therapy Every family has various problems that they must deal with. Every family also usually has a unique way of communicating with each other. The nuclear family these days is often quite different from how it was some decades ago. However, it hasn’t changed that most…

8 Signs You Grew up in a Toxic Family

8 Signs You Grew up in a Toxic Family As an adult, you might not remember too much about your upbringing as it’s all in the past now. But your family environment growing up can influence you in ways you don’t even realize. With the exception of clearly abusive situations,…

Tips for Coping with Life Changes and Transitions

A lot of people embrace change and welcome transitions in life, but many people have difficulty coping with life changes and transitions.

8 Trust-building Exercises for Couples

By Seth Menachem
February 26, 2021
Couples Therapy
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8 Trust-building Exercises for Couples It’s impossible to have a lasting or healthy relationship without trust. It’s not even exaggerating to say that trust is the number one concern for most couples in a relationship, whether they know it or not. Without trust, everything else suffers, whether it’s intimacy, communication…

What Are the Long Term Effects of Childhood Trauma?

Kids are definitely resilient, and some memories certainly sink into the depths of our minds after time. However, sometimes childhood trauma can have lingering and long term effects.

I Will Be Here For As Long As You Need Me: A Story on Death and Dying

By Seth Menachem
December 13, 2019
Grief
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Last year, when my four-year-old son, Asher, first discovered that he would one day die, he cried for days. There was a point where I couldn’t get him to leave the house because he was lying on the floor, mourning his own impending death.

My Son Wears Dresses and that’s OK with Me: A Story on Gender Identity

Every morning my four-year-old daughter, Sydney, drags a chair into her closet and plucks a dress off of the rack. I try to lean her in other directions —“Why don’t we try shorts today?”—but Sydney’s stubborn. And I think she deserves the freedom to choose what she wants to wear.

I Hate You: A Story on Parenting

“I hate you, dad!” Asher shouted to me in the kitchen, storming out for dramatic effect. My son was angry. He was having an existential crisis, where he couldn’t make sense of his place in the world, how and when we die, and what it all means.

6 Ways to Deal with Gaslighting

Getting Your Life Back After Growing Up in a Narcissistic Family

5 Benefits of Family Therapy

8 Signs You Grew up in a Toxic Family

Tips for Coping with Life Changes and Transitions

8 Trust-building Exercises for Couples

What Are the Long Term Effects of Childhood Trauma?

I Will Be Here For As Long As You Need Me: A Story on Death and Dying

My Son Wears Dresses and that’s OK with Me: A Story on Gender Identity

I Hate You: A Story on Parenting

What is Psychodynamic Therapy?

How to Get the Most Out of Therapy: A Guide to Real Change

How to Get Rid of Attachment Issues

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