Have you ever found yourself emphasising certain aspects of your story to make it more convincing? We've all been there.

Especially when dealing with family, the temptation to simplify a complex situation is powerful.

Family dynamics can be deeply complicated, filled with mixed emotions, resentments, and ambivalence. It’s easy to reduce family members to one-dimensional labels, but doing so limits our ability to heal and grow. In this post, we explore the dangers of the single story and how embracing complexity can lead to true understanding and healing. Therapy can provide the space to untangle your family narrative, embrace nuance, and find a path to empathy, compassion, and healthier relationships. At Kaki Psychology, we offer support for those navigating difficult family dynamics, emotional growth, and personal healing.

There's a less-discussed yet vital aspect that can significantly impact the therapeutic process: the therapist's own personal growth, deliberate practice, and self-awareness.

When looking for a therapist, it’s important to go beyond their credentials and experience. Dr. Natasha Tung, a trauma-informed Clinical Psychologist and Couples Counsellor in Prahran, Melbourne, explains why a therapist’s personal growth, self-awareness, and ability to confront discomfort can significantly impact the therapeutic process. Learn what really matters in building a therapeutic relationship that empowers you to make lasting change

To all of you who are hard on yourselves.

You are constantly chiding yourself for decisions you've made, time you've wasted, and for not being good enough. You see all the ways you should have, could have, done better.

This constant questioning of yourself is exhausting

If we constantly depend on outcomes or people's responses to feel good about ourselves, this feeling will likely be unstable and fleeting; hard-earned yet quickly lost.