Alicia Falzon Counselling

25/12/2022

This is another image by Anna Maria Maiolino. Sometimes relationships are like walking on egg shells. There are no courageous conversations.

25/12/2022

This is a photo of Anna Maria Maiolino. She is a contemporary Brazil artist. She takes interpersonal relationships and translates them into images. She places herself between her mother and daughter depicting the thread of life that connects consecutive generations.

23/08/2022

We all know the importance of financial security in retirement but have you ever stopped to think about the importance of psychological retirement? Who hasn't been to a financial advisor to gain insight into how our savings will last our life? But how many of us will seek psychological therapy to map out a framework for the last third of our lives? There are many challenges and changes that come with being retired. At first, life is like a holiday in that you do basically what you want when you want and how you want. Then one day you think, 'is this all there is to life?
There is a sense of being lost and loss and grief. You begin to miss the routine, relationships, and having a purpose and identity that come with a job. Added to this is an increase in divorce, depression, and a decline in both physical and mental capacity.
The next question is how do I make my life meaningful again? This can be trial and error, experimenting, facing disappointment, and failure. If you can persevere with this you will find your purpose in the last third of your life

18/05/2022

17/12/2021

This is a very clear description of what togetherness is like. The challenge this Christmas is to observe how you do togetherness in your family.
By Katleen Smith.

Families vary in how “stuck together” they are. Togetherness is a force compelling us to think, act, and feel like each other. If togetherness is high, you’re more likely to base your decisions on how people will react than what you actually think. The goal becomes keeping the group calm, not doing what you think is right.

Families with high togetherness can seem very tight knit or be very distant because everyone is so sensitive to each other.

It’s amazing how working more on thinking and acting like an individual in your family can improve relationships. You can be close with family without feeling over-responsible for people’s anxiety. Read more about family togetherness over the holidays in my latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gdn6vgRF

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Vincent Fitzgerald, LCSW, CFRC and 8 others

De-blobbing yourself from your family's holiday patterns.

17/05/2021

'Increased fusion in relationships means that being close as a group, thinking the same, and agreeing with one another has more influence in the relationship than one's own thoughts and self-direction. As fusion increases, anxiety-driven feelings overwhelm our ability to think.
Kerr, 2019