The reasons why someone is unfaithful is often complicated and takes time and effort to understand. Therapy can help uncover deeper motives for infidelity.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Self-criticalness can become so normal that you don’t even realize it’s occurring. Discover how self-criticalness maybe robbing you of a full life.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Unnamed trauma often lingers beneath the surface, shaping our behaviors and emotional responses. Our defenses, while meant to protect, can keep the pain alive.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Toxic shame isn’t just a painful feeling—it erodes our sense of agency, and often drives impulsive or self-defeating behaviors we struggle to explain.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Self-sabotaging behaviors are painful and confusing. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps us understand this complex issue and offers a path to healing.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
We all have an inner critic yet this important part of us is often misunderstood. Examining the different intentions of your self-critic is essential.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Sexualization is a defense against emotional pain and trauma. It momentarily numbs pain but it ultimately keeps traumatic wounds buried and unhealed.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Childhood trauma causes emotional wounds that follow us into adulthood. Central to these emotional injuries are the legacy of shame and feelings of inadequacy.| Richard Nicastro, PhD