About this episode

This episode explores the abandonment schema and its impact on relationships, drawing on Dr. Gemma Gladstone's extensive experience in psychology.

Send Gemma a message Have you ever wondered why relationships can feel so emotionally intense? Why you find it difficult to leave someone, even when you know they're not right for you? Or why emotionally unavailable partners seem to become a recurring pattern? In this episode, I explore one of the most important psychological patterns I see in my work with women - the abandonment schema (or abandonment wound). Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience in psychology and schema therapy, I explai...

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Host: Dr Gemma Gladstone

Topics covered

• abandonment wound
• relationships
• psychology
• schema therapy
• emotional intensity

Keywords

• abandonment wound
• relationships
• emotional intensity
• schema therapy
• psychological patterns

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