The Family Member Who Absorbs the Whole Family's Anxiety
Family members are intensely emotionally connected. This connectedness can be a source of intense joy but it can also foster reactivity.
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As family members, we react not just to each other's behavior but to what we believe are each other's needs and expectations. Seeing a family member craving attention, approval, or support from other family members can trigger powerful feelings.
In families, we watch each other carefully for changes in each other’s behavior. Our observations are meant to help us predict what will happen next. Our predictions are based upon the clues we pick up in the moment together with memories of past experiences.
When a family member watches another member’s behavior, the observer reacts in line with what they believe will be reciprocal to the action they are predicting is about to occur by the member they are observing. Around it goes, a change in one person's behavior or functioning leads to reciprocal changes in the functioning of others.Â
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Dr. Jodi Peary
Intuitive Psychologist, Hypnotherapist, Former Lawyer.
Dr. Jodi Peary guides individuals through significant transitions such as divorce, divorce recovery, after losses due to the death of loved ones, changes in one's own health, and with coming to terms with new life stages. Combining proven research-based psychological strategies alongside more intuitive teachings and hypnotherapy, I facilitate your deeper connection with yourself, arming you with the self-awareness needed to improve your health and to help you discover a more meaningful relationship with yourself and others. My workshops and coaching sessions will lead you to consciously align your mind, heart, emotions, soul, and your body. In alignment you will experience mental, physical and emotional well being.
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