One of the conversations I have most often in my therapy office isn’t actually about ADHD. It’s about loneliness. It’s about the partner who quietly wonders, “Why do I feel like I’m carrying everything?” It’s about the partner with ADHD who silently asks, “Why does it seem like I’m always disappointing the person I love?”ContinueContinue reading “When Love Feels Like Parenting: ADHD, Intimacy, and Finding Your Way Back to Each Other”
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Who’s Really Arguing? Understanding the “Parts” That Show Up in Conflict
By Tahiyya Martin LCMHC, LPC Relationships are some of the most beautiful—and challenging—mirrors we have (I’ll do a blog on mirrors soon). Especially when conflict arises, it’s easy to feel confused, misunderstood, or even disconnected from the person we love the most. When I work with couples in therapy, one of the most helpful toolsContinueContinue reading “Who’s Really Arguing? Understanding the “Parts” That Show Up in Conflict”