Emotional Abuse Ireland
Hi, my name is Paul Hunter. If you’ve googled “emotional abuse” you are at the right page.
I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist, CBT Practitioner and Life Coach. I have been helping the people of Cork, Kerry, Wtareford, Limerick and Tipperary (an beyond), overcome the psychological after-effects of emotional abuse for the past fifteen years.
Have you experienced some of the following?
- A lack of personal “space” where the other person wants to know your every move
- Withdrawal of affection if you don’t do what they want
- They always try to make everything your fault
- Criticising your choices and then gaslighting you about it when you mention it
- Appearing so wonderful to others so that if you were to claim that they were not so nice, you wouldn’t be believed
- Making you feel guilty and manipulating you into staying with them.
If this is you, then you need help to recover your identity, independence and confidence.
Click on the button below and arrange a FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION right now!
Emotional Abuse Definition
“Emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior in which the perpetrator insults, humiliates, and generally instills fear in an individual in order to control them. The individual’s reality may become distorted as they internalize the abuse as their own failings.”
Source: Psychology Today
Signs Of Emotional Abuse
These are by no means all of the signs of emotional abuse, but they are some of the more obvious ones.
- You think you are worthless
- Feel like you are walking on eggshells
- You don't feel like you have a say
- Losing your independence
- Isolating yourself from social contact
- Feeling guilty for just being you
- You've lost your sense of "you"
- Sleeping and eating patterns have changed
Emotional Violence In Relationships
Emotional abuse typically does not happen “out of the blue” in an immediately recogniseable way. Normally, it starts with a few small things. It’s like the perpetrator is “testing the water” to see how much they can get away with.
They may make affection conditional on you doing what they want. Or they may start criticising you is subtle ways or making fun of the choices you make so that you end up second guessing yourself.
The problem is in spotting this behaviour and labelling it as abusive because there is a little bit of this in every relationship. Many people criticise their partner gently and out of a sense of fun. It becomes abuse whenit causes you harm (for instance – low self esteem).
Recovery From Psychological Abuse
You can recover from psychological abuse. It may take 4 – 6 sessions depending on the severity of the problem. Here’s what you can expect during those sessions:
- We clearly define what you want the future to look like, sound like and feel like and put all of that on a personalised self hypnosis recording for you which you listen to at home every night.
- You’ll learn to let go of responsibility for what happened.
- You’ll be taught ways to cut across any negative thoughts quickly so that they don’t bother you any more.
Want to begin? Click on the button below and arrange your FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION right now!