What is PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

by | 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...

Narcissist’s Point of View

by | 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...

All About Boundaries

by | 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...

Is Your Life Hacked by Narcissism: Get Your Life Back

by | 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...