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Predictive Awareness’ Worst-Case Scenario Technique

Ross Rosenberg June 2, 2023 Tagged narcissistic abuse

Written by Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC Self-Love Recovery Institute — President/CEO Psychotherapist, Educator, Author, Expert Witness The worst-case scenario technique (TWS) is a defensive strategy developed to aid people with self-love deficit disorder or SLDD (codependency) to be confident with the boundaries they set with severely...

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The Positive Nature of Negative Feelings

Ross Rosenberg August 11, 2022 Tagged emotions, mental health 0 Comment

Feelings describe our emotional reactions to the events, people, and conditions we experience in our lives. Every feeling we experience is real, whether the experiences that preceded them were real, exaggerated, or distorted. Before I proceed with further explanations...

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It Is Never Too Late Too Be The Person You Should Have Been (A Poem)

Ross Rosenberg July 22, 2022

Written by Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADCSelf-Love Recovery Institute – President/CEOPsychotherapist, Educator, Author, Expert Witness Go to the mirror now. Look courageously deep within yourself. There’s a little you, the child you used to be, frozen inside you. She or he disappeared...

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Guilt Management – A Path to Better Codependency Recovery

Ross Rosenberg July 13, 2022

Written by Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADCSelf-Love Recovery Institute – President/CEOPsychotherapist, Educator, Author, Expert Witness As a psychotherapist and recovering codependent, I have come to understand the toxic and antithetical influence that guilt has on a Self-Love Deficient (SLD)/Codependent seeking recovery. Although there...

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She Drives a Mercedes, He Rides a Harley (The Human Magnet Syndrome)

Ross Rosenberg May 27, 2022

She drives a Mercedes, he rides a Harley; she’s an athlete, he’s a bookworm; she’s a Republican, he’s a Democrat… Have you ever wondered why some of us have personal friends whom we appreciate, like, or even love, but...

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THE “OF COURSE METHOD”—A Crucial Defensive Technique that Neutralizes Narcissistic Abuse

Ross Rosenberg May 27, 2022

Setting boundaries is an important part of all relationships. It becomes even more important—and potentially life-saving—when you are interacting with a pathological narcissist. Those who are Self-Love Deficient (SLD), which is a new term for codependent, need to learn tools and strategies...

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Codependency Was Never The Problem!

Ross Rosenberg May 27, 2022

This article will explore the relationship between codependency, attachment trauma, and pathological loneliness and the role that psychotherapy can have to solve this pathological circle. Perhaps not everyone knows that it is possible to think of codependency as a...

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The New Gaslighting Explanation

Ross Rosenberg May 27, 2022

IT’S EVERYWHERE Gaslighting is simply impossible to comprehend, identify, and permanently eradicate without an accurate understanding of what it is and how it evades detection. Because of its complex nature and apparent invisibility, it secretly lurks in the shadows...

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DISIDENTIFYING WITH THE GASLIT VOICES IN YOUR HEAD: Neutralizing the Gaslighting Virus

Ross Rosenberg June 3, 2021

By Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC PART 1 (of 4) CONSISE DEFINITION OF GASLIGHTINGDefining GaslightingGaslighting is simply impossible to comprehend, identify, and permanently eradicate without an accurate understanding of what it is and how it evades detection. Because of...

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“Induced Conversation” is Narcissist’s Most Potent Weapon

Ross Rosenberg April 16, 2021 Tagged divorcing narcissist, induced conversation, narcissistic abuse, observe don't absorb, ODA, ross rosenberg

The most effective of all the narcissists manipulative strategies is “Induced Conversation.” Especially when breaking down a no-contact initiative or when trying to hoover (suck back into the relationship) the codependent. For codependents to not get sucked back into...