“Feeling emotional pain and understanding how you maintain problematic patterns do not tell you how to be different or automatically establish healthier patterns. This has to develop over time with new experiences.” — Leslie Becker-Phelps Copy Share Image
“Some children perceive their parents as inconsistently available. It could be because the parents are unavoidably focused on pressing life situations or on their own emotional needs. The child’s inherent sensitivity is also a factor. Whatever the reason, children who come to question whether their parents are available are extremely upset even by the thought of their parents not being… — Leslie Becker-Phelps Copy Share
“Some children grow up with parents whi have their own strong attachment issues: they experience their parents as sometimes emotionally available, sometimes scared, and… — Leslie Becker-Phelps Copy Share Image
“Children are motivated to stay close to their parents, whom they perceive as a safe haven. And children are motivated to explore the world… — Leslie Becker-Phelps Copy Share Image
“Feeling emotional pain and understanding how you maintain problematic patterns do not tell you how to be different or automatically establish healthier patterns. This… — Leslie Becker-Phelps Copy Share Image
“As with almost everything else in life, you learn about relationships through experience. And since your first serious relationship began as an infant with… — Leslie Becker-Phelps Copy Share Image
