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![Core Childhood Needs: Realistic Limits [VIDEO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dK5IvQMZ7js/hqdefault.jpg)
Core Childhood Needs: Realistic Limits [VIDEO]
For more information or to book a consultation with psychologist Dr. Esslin Terrighena, please contact (852) 2521 4668 or...
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![Core Childhood Need: Spontaneity & Play [VIDEO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rGP_M6LbOcI/maxresdefault.jpg)
Core Childhood Need: Spontaneity & Play [VIDEO]
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![Core Childhood Need: Self-Identity [VIDEO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7uerc1AjSkw/sddefault.jpg)
Core Childhood Need: Self-Identity [VIDEO]
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![Core Childhood Need: Expression of Needs and Feelings [VIDEO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eQJEEi3ARR0/hqdefault.jpg)
Core Childhood Need: Expression of Needs and Feelings [VIDEO]
For more information or to book a consultation with psychologist Dr. Esslin Terrighena, please contact (852) 2521 4668 or...
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![Core Childhood Need: Belonging [VIDEO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dGcEKryVGtM/maxresdefault.jpg)
Core Childhood Need: Belonging [VIDEO]
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![Core Childhood Needs: Competence [VIDEO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WcdCpfsn5xg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Core Childhood Needs: Competence [VIDEO]
Why foster competence? #mindbalancehk #mindnlife #therapy #psychotherapy #psychologist #psychotherapist #trauma #stress #wellbeing...
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Self-Punitiveness Schema
Individuals who experience excessive vigilance, restrictions, inhibition or achievement pressures may develop one or more of these four...
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Emotional Inhibition Schema
Individuals who experience excessive vigilance, restrictions, inhibition or achievement pressures may develop one or more of these four...
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Unrelenting Standards Schema
Individuals who experience excessive vigilance, restrictions, inhibition or achievement pressures may develop one or more of these four...
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Negativity/Pessimism Schema
Individuals who experience excessive vigilance, restrictions, inhibition or achievement pressures may develop one or more of these four...
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Approval-Seeking Schema
Individuals who experience conflicting relationships may develop one or more of these three schemas: self-sacrifice, subjugation or...
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Subjugation Schema
Individuals who experience conflicting relationships may develop one or more of these three schemas: self-sacrifice, subjugation or...
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Self-Sacrifice Schema
Individuals who experience conflicting relationships may develop one or more of these three schemas: self-sacrifice, subjugation or...
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Insufficient Self-Control Schema
Individuals who experience confusing, inconsistent or impaired limits may develop one or more of these two schemas: entitlement, and...
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Entitlement Schema
Individuals who experience confusing, inconsistent or impaired limits may develop one or more of these two schemas: entitlement, and...
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Failure Schema
Individuals who experience some form of impaired autonomy or self-identity formation may develop one or more of these four schemas:...
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Enmeshment/Undeveloped Self Schema
Individuals who experience some form of impaired autonomy or self-identity formation may develop one or more of these four schemas:...
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Vulnerability to Harm Schema
Individuals who experience some form of impaired autonomy or self-identity formation may develop one or more of these four schemas:...
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Dependence / Incompetence Schema
Individuals who experience some form of impaired autonomy or self-identity formation may develop one or more of these four schemas:...
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Social Isolation Schema
Individuals who experience some form of disconnection or rejection may develop one or more of these five schemas: abandonment,...
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