
A Psychodynamic Understanding of Alcoholism: Part I
The deleterious effects of alcoholism are devastating; it destroys lives, families, and marriages, wreaking havoc upon every facet of a person’s and their family’s life.
The deleterious effects of alcoholism are devastating; it destroys lives, families, and marriages, wreaking havoc upon every facet of a person’s and their family’s life.
Sexuality infidelity is pretty cut and dry; one partner steps outside the bounds of the relationship and engages in sexual activity with someone other than their spouse. An emotional affair can be defined as having emotional intimacy, under the guise of friendship, without consummation of a physical relationship. An “Affair of the Heart” is an emotionally charged relationship that makes it impossible for the person to be emotionally engaged with and available to their spouse.
Newport Beach, Orange County- With the publication of The Ego and The Id (1932), Freud introduced his structural model of the mind consisting of three
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