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Southlake Christian Counseling
16 days ago
Honoring what we've been through
Southlake Christian Counseling
26 days ago
Keeping a balanced view of the relationship
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 month ago
Healing requires our full commitment and follow through
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 month ago
The complex trauma of hidden abuse
Southlake Christian Counseling
2 months ago
The true purpose of boundaries
Southlake Christian Counseling
3 months ago
The hypocrisy of psychological abusers
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 months ago
They are the cruelest when you'd least expect it
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 months ago
Recovery from hidden abuse is complex
Southlake Christian Counseling
5 months ago
The "helpful" narcissist and their constructed image
Southlake Christian Counseling
5 months ago
Learning to trust ourselves
Southlake Christian Counseling
5 months ago
Hidden abuse and stress
Southlake Christian Counseling
5 months ago
It takes time for people to recognize the narcissist
Southlake Christian Counseling
6 months ago
Watch what they do, not what they say
Southlake Christian Counseling
6 months ago
Childhood trauma survivors do not have a pre-abuse life point
Southlake Christian Counseling
7 months ago
Why it takes longer to heal from a psychologically abusive relationship
Southlake Christian Counseling
7 months ago
Smear Campaigns = abusers do not care about reason, logic, or even facts
Southlake Christian Counseling
7 months ago
A little bit of truth mixed in with a lot of lies
Southlake Christian Counseling
7 months ago
Projection of their own toxicity
Southlake Christian Counseling
8 months ago
Being the target of a smear campaign
Southlake Christian Counseling
8 months ago
Abusers use relational obligation as a method of trying to control a target
Southlake Christian Counseling
8 months ago
They never take responsibility for their actions
Southlake Christian Counseling
8 months ago
The entitlement & double standard of toxic people
Southlake Christian Counseling
8 months ago
The extended season of grieving after hidden abuse
Southlake Christian Counseling
9 months ago
Feeling grief and loss doesn't mean the relationship wasn't abusive. Grief is a normal aspect of the healing process
Southlake Christian Counseling
9 months ago
A smaller social circle and recovery
Southlake Christian Counseling
9 months ago
Why are setting boundaries difficult to do?
Southlake Christian Counseling
9 months ago
Being truthfully present in our surroundings helps survivors notice, identify, and...
Southlake Christian Counseling
10 months ago
Unraveling a trauma bond
Southlake Christian Counseling
10 months ago
The purpose of boundaries
Southlake Christian Counseling
10 months ago
When a survivor realizes they still have toxic people in their life
Southlake Christian Counseling
10 months ago
The options when toxic people reveal their true self
Southlake Christian Counseling
10 months ago
Boundaries offend abusive people
Southlake Christian Counseling
11 months ago
You'll know them by their pattern of creating distrust through veiled gossip and crafted manipulation of others
Southlake Christian Counseling
11 months ago
Slowly being poisoned by their toxicity
Southlake Christian Counseling
11 months ago
Narcissists live with the singular focus of themselves
Southlake Christian Counseling
11 months ago
Healthy internal thoughts are the foundation to recovery from hidden abuse
Southlake Christian Counseling
11 months ago
They will deny these behaviors, but the truth is still the truth
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
We have the right...
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Keeping a balanced view of the relationship
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
When survivors question if they are the toxic person or narcissist
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Hidden Abuse
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
When a little bit of truth is mixed with a lot of manipulation
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Financial abuse cuts across all income brackets - Exposing Financial Abuse: When Money is a Weapon
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
A whole new level of punishment and callous disregard from an abuser
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
The highs and lows of trauma recovery - and the importance of staying focused on healing
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
The taking, complaining, and ingratitude of toxic people
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Having high levels of compassion & empathy
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
The endless line of excuses
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Gentle kindness for ourselves is needed for trauma recovery
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Psychological abusers masterfully and effortlessly gaslight
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
When shame is removed, victims will not remain silent
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Example of hidden abuse
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Trauma Therapy
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
When survivors hit their saturation point and have zero bandwidth for people's toxicity
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Trauma Informed Counseling
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Quality of trauma recovery life
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Six Stages of Healing from Hidden Abuse
Southlake Christian Counseling
1 year ago
Recovery from relational trauma
Southlake Christian Counseling
3 years ago
Boundaries offend abusive people
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Toxic people have a radar to find one another and turn their collective toxicity against a target
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Excited to be included in the recent Shondaland article about women in mental health - Shannon Thomas, LCSW-S Owner/Lead Therapist
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Every action by a narcissist is in some way to their own benefit.
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
"Financial abuse is the coercion, exploitation, or control of an intimate partner, peer, or family member's financial stability." ~ Shannon Thomas,... more
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Gaslighting is an insidious tool of psychological abuse. Grateful HuffPost covered this topic and for being included as a professional resource ~ S... more
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Abusers use relational obligation as a method of trying to control a target ~ Shannon Thomas
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
International Bestseller. Translated in multiple languages. Six stages of healing and personal journal included
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Southlake Christian Counseling is owned and operated by International Bestselling Author, Shannon Thomas
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
I was recently contacted and asked to share my thoughts on how a Christian is supposed to deal with narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths. To som... more
Southlake Christian Counseling
4 years ago
Marriage and Family Therapy Specialty
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
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