by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Nov 30, 2017 | abuse, ADDICTION, ANXIETY, CHRONIC PAIN, CODEPENDENCY, counseling, divorce, domestic violence, GRIEF, insomnia, journaling, memoir, NARCISSISM, personal growth, psychotherapy, reiki, TRAUMA, WOMEN
What is PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? By Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, LPC Psychotherapist Mary (not a real person) grew up in a chaotic household fraught with violence and addiction. Despite this experience, she has grown to have a functional life; higher...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | May 27, 2017 | abuse, ADDICTION, ANXIETY, co-parenting, CODEPENDENCY, counseling, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, GRIEF, intolerance, NARCISSISM, personal growth, psychotherapy, TRAUMA, WOMEN
Narcissists: How Do They Experience Life? By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., CH, NCC, LPC I am a psychotherapist and client may come to me claiming their partner is a malignant narcissist. I do not take the claim at face value. I need examples of past and present behavior...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Mar 29, 2017 | abuse, acceptance, ADDICTION, alternative medicine, bias, CHRONIC PAIN, co-parenting, CODEPENDENCY, communication, confidential, counseling, development, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, evolution, gratitude, journaling, life-hack, NARCISSISM, personal growth, psychotherapy, separation, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN, writing
All About Boundaries By Gail-Elaine Tinker, MS, LPC What are boundaries? A boundary is a limit or line; think property boundaries, they let people know which is theirs and which is the neighbor’s. Boundaries are an imaginary line in your emotions which separate your...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 6, 2016 | abuse, acceptance, co-parenting, CODEPENDENCY, communication, counseling, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, insomnia, life-hack, NARCISSISM, psychotherapy, separation, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN
By Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, RM, CH, NCC, LPC Psychotherapist Narcissist Personality defined: long-standing pattern of grandiosity (fantasy or actual behavior), an overwhelming need for admiration, and usually a lack of empathy toward others. People with this...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Feb 11, 2014 | acceptance, CODEPENDENCY, intolerance, NARCISSISM, WOMEN
10 Steps to Increase Relationship Satisfaction by Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist “There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life – reciprocity. ~Confucius” Human couples of every kind want...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Jan 29, 2014 | AUTISM, liberal, NARCISSISM, Uncategorized
Compassion is being watered-down in this world. Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., RM Psychotherapist/ Life Coach I used to be fond of a so-called witty saying, “The only thing I cannot tolerate is intolerance!” I know it practically sophomoric, but it was supposed to be wryly...