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This is the second of three episodes about red flags in relationships. This one focuses on why we might at first not see red flags (when you look at people through ‘rose coloured’ glasses, sometimes red flags just look like flags) and also why, if we do eventually see them, we might stay and endure or deny them.

Areas include:

- Early Experience in Life (someone’s childhood)

- The Effect of Love

- Love in Imagination

- Fear in Imagination

- Rewards & Drive

- Shame

- What to expect for Part 3

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This is Part 1 of 3 about red flags in relationships. In this first part, I suggest 10 different potential red flags to look out for in relationships.

Each flag as follows:

1: Dominance of Anger

2: Unable to take Responsibility

3: Disconnected Relationship with Emotional Experience

4: One Extreme to another

5: Their ‘Love’ Doesn’t Run That Deep

6: Lying

7: Impulsivity

8: Not Paying Attention to You

9: Dominated by Competition

10: Internal Red Flags

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This is the latest in a series of conversations, in this case with experienced therapist Susan McGrath who works particularly with the transpersonal/spiritual aspects and addictions and dependencies (mentioning the 12 Step Programme).

In this really interesting conversation we talk about a whole range of subjects including Susan’s ‘bugbears’ about the profession and her own ambivalence about it at times, but also what a great honour it is to be someone’s therapist.

Particular timestamps include:

2:02 - Susan’s turning point in life (journey becoming a therapist)

4:28 - Training to be a therapist 28 years ago

6:12 - Susan’s experience with therapy training

9:56 - Susan’s current practice, an overview

13:00 - Navigating the idea of ‘God’ and ‘Spirituality’ in therapy

17:19 - Comments around addiction (drinking, drugs, etc)

20:29 - Susan’s one ‘criticism’ about therapy

27:03 - Motivation for becoming a therapist

29:06 - If Susan stopped being a therapist tomorrow...

30:10 - What Susan & John Paul think of being therapists (how they like it)

35:13 - Working with ‘types’ of people

36:53 - Therapy “isn’t for everyone”

38:40 - Tips for someone coming into the profession (a discussion about pay levels in therapy)

46:55 - Susan’s future plans

48:19 - Final words, how to get in touch with Susan

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If there’s anything else you’d like to know about John-Paul and how he might be able to help you, please do contact him via his website www.thistrustedplace.co.uk