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<title>Delyse Ledgard - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Delyse works in Vancouver BC as a psychotherapist and relationship counsellor. She produces an ezine called Transforming Relationships, to receive the newsletter visit her website. In addition, she has given seminars on relationship topics in Vancouver and runs groups with a focus on relationships and interpersonal dynamics.

She also enjoys painting and involvement in creative and artistic projects. She lives in Vancouver BC with her husband and many close friends.]]></description>
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<title>Ambivalence and the Unrecognized Self</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This article examines how ambivalence is connected to the failure of early relationships to recognize and support aspects of ourselves as we develop. How insecure attachment and early splits lay the foundation for the development of the Unrecognized Self. Ambivalence is present whenever we are in a process of transformation and move towards wholeness.]]></description>
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<title>Moving on From Family Dysfunction</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:36:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dealing with the consequences of our family dynamics is hard. This article gives some guidelines to helping to move on from the your family and differentiate.]]></description>
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<title>Dealing With Psychological Splits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Relational trauma and betrayal can cause a deep psychological split especially when we experience betrayal at an early age. Emotions and behaviour that are unacceptable become split off from our identity and cause problems in relationships.]]></description>
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<title>How Is Therapy Transformative?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So many times people come into therapy wanting to know what happens, how does it work? What are we doing in therapy? I think one of the important things we are doing is encouraging people to have a more intimate relationship with themselves. Without that relationship it is very difficult to make decisions, to create the life we want, to share ourselves and to love others. ]]></description>
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<title>Stress Caused by Feeling Unsafe</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:12:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our sense of safety is affected by past relational trauma that is unresolved in the nervous system. This article explains why and ways to increase your sense of safety and confidence.]]></description>
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<title>The Importance of Being Recognized</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:46:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do we develop a sense of self? This article explores the difference between attention and being recognized and the importance of recognition to our development of self.]]></description>
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<title>Differentiation in Intimate Relationships</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The concept of differentiation is central to the work I do with couples. I am going to give you a couple of definitions and identify the skills we need for differentiation, and some of the ways couples avoid doing this work in their relationships.    Differentiation is the active, ongoing process of defining self, revealing self, clarifying boundaries, and managing the anxiety that comes from risking either greater intimacy or potential separation.]]></description>
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<title>Improving Self Esteem by Living Consciously</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:42:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Working on building a positive self esteem is a life long task, no-one has a completely positive self esteem, nor negative. as long as our relationship with our-self lasts, so our self-esteem it will evolve and change. It changes in relationship to life events and hormones as well as an ongoing relationship with self.]]></description>
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<title>Being Sensitive in Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:24:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you find yourself sensitive to the same things over and over in relationships?  Find out why this is and ways you can work on changing them.]]></description>
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<title>Stages and Challenges in Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:16:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article will examine the typical stages that relationships go through and the skills necessary to negotiate each stage. The ways that couples typically get stuck are also identified.]]></description>
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<title>Being Caught in the Rescue Triangle</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:21:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article examines the dynamic between 'rescuer, victim and persecutor' as a useful concept to examine the ways relationships are built on powerlessness and fusion. When we look to the other for our happiness we are always in a state of deprivation.]]></description>
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<title>Overcoming Fears About Counselling</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:24:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this article I will address some common attitudes that I see preventing people seeking assistance from therapists, and how they represent interpersonal fears that are related to the work one does in therapy. Therapy is a commitment to improve your emotional health.]]></description>
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<title>How to Deepen Intimacy - What is Intimate Dialogue?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:47:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Article discusses what is the nature of intimacy and how intimate communication between partners can deepen connection and understanding of one another and their relationship. The article pays particular attention to the meaning of respect.]]></description>
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<title>Barriers to Intimacy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:05:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The deeper we know our self the more fully we can be present with others and consciously share our experience. The less you know the more difficult it becomes to communicate your feelings and desires effectively to your partner. Intimacy requires both partners to communicate in an open and honest way, to be able to say to the other what we cannot to anyone else.]]></description>
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<title>Ambivalence in Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discussion of ambivalence in intimate relationships. Exploration of relationship dynamics when partners are ambivalent. Lack of intimacy and honesty in relationships resulting from ambivalent dynamics.]]></description>
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