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Family Estrangement, Social Issues

Surviving Estrangement: Are you trapped inside the family narrative?

I was reading the book ‘Happiness by design’ by behavioural scientist Paul Dolan and one concept he discovered was the idea of narrative traps…which is when our happiness is determined by societal expectations, such as the car, the big house, …

May 5, 2020by Karl Melvin
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Family Estrangement, Social Issues

Estrangement and Starting your own Family

This is a video I wanted to do last year but never got around to it and now’s as good a time as ever.

So myself and my wife were at a prenatal course last year and there was a …

April 20, 2020by Karl Melvin
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Family Estrangement, Social Issues

Estrangement, Uncertainty and Decision-Making: Intuition Vs Impulse

Intuition

At the best of times, an estrangement involves a constant process of managing uncertainties but naturally, with what is happening right now, a crisis state is being triggered in many people as they feel an added pressure to respond/react but …

April 2, 2020by Karl Melvin
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Family Estrangement, Social Issues, Toxic Family

Living with Family Estrangement: Do you discuss the estrangement publicly?

Discussing an estrangement is a very personal decision…some choose to talk publicly about it and others chose to keep it private and closed. 

Personally, I rarely talk about my own estrangement publicly as that’s my choice and my right to …

March 12, 2020by Karl Melvin
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Family Estrangement, Social Issues

Family Estrangement: Is it possible to reconcile?

Something that has come up a few times the last few weeks in my client work is the topic of reconciliations, especially unexpected ones. Some of my clients are finding themselves in an unusual position where a reconciliation might be …

March 10, 2020by Karl Melvin
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Family Estrangement, Social Issues, Toxic Family

7 ways to ‘Park’ Family Estrangement

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December 25, 2018by Karl Melvin
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Depression, Social Issues, Toxic Family

What exactly is family estrangement?

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November 4, 2018by Karl Melvin
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Anxiety, Self Esteem, Social Issues

Living in FEAR

ne aspect of personal growth is re-reflecting on lessons learned and area’s of our lives where we had moments of clarity but got pulled back into our unique version of “normal”.

From expert to beginner, I think this is true …

December 21, 2017by Karl Melvin
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Personal Development, Social Issues

Armchair experts: Is it time to stop advising and start honoring?

you think I should be on anti-depressants?” a client recently asked.

I was a little taken back as we had worked for months and the therapy was focused on problems with the clients boyfriend. She had given no indication that …

December 11, 2017by Karl Melvin
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Self Esteem, Social Issues, Toxic Family

Co-Dependent, Interdependent, or Independent: Which one are you?

question I get asked often is what is the difference between Co-Dependence, Interdependence and Independence.

From a social perspective and by virtue of the fact that we are part of the “system” (such as the need to pay bills and …

October 30, 2017by Karl Melvin
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My name is Karl Melvin and I’m a Psychotherapist based in Dublin. I have created this site to help people detach from the toxic people, emotions and situations which are holding them back from living their lives their way.

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