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Integrative Psychotherapy • Counselling • Clinical Supervision based in Taunton, Somerset

23/10/2026

Sometimes the urge to go back can feel louder than the part of you that knows why you left. Healing can mean learning to tolerate that pull without letting it override what you already know about what is healthy for you.

22/10/2026

Sometimes the grief is not only for the person or the relationship as it was. It is also for the future you imagined, the version you hoped it might become, and the parts of yourself that invested in that possibility. That kind of grief can be very real, even when leaving was the right decision.

21/10/2026

Trauma bonds can be incredibly confusing because the same relationship can become associated with both distress and relief. That push-pull can create a powerful attachment that is difficult to understand from the outside, and even harder to untangle from within.

20/10/2026

Sometimes healing asks us to hold two truths at once. You can miss someone deeply and still recognise that the relationship was not healthy for you. Longing does not cancel clarity.

19/10/2026

Missing someone can feel like evidence that you should go back, especially when the relationship was intense. But grief and longing do not always point toward what is healthy. Sometimes they simply show that attachment is still unwinding.

16/10/2026

Sometimes the hardest relationships to let go of are not the ones that were bad all the time. It is often the moments of warmth, connection and hope that keep us waiting for the relationship we believed it could become.

15/10/2026

Intermittent reinforcement can make a relationship feel intensely compelling because the good moments arrive unpredictably. The nervous system can start chasing relief, warmth, or reconnection, which is one reason leaving can feel so much harder than outsiders often understand.

14/10/2026

Sometimes the problem is not that you are failing to thrive. It is that you have been trying to survive in an environment that asks you to keep cutting parts of yourself away. Growth often begins when there is finally enough space to become more of who you are.

13/10/2026

A reminder that needing reassurance, rest, space, support or care does not make you demanding. Sometimes we only think our needs are “too much” because we became used to having too little.

12/10/2026

People-pleasing often makes a lot more sense when we stop viewing it as a personality flaw and start seeing the function it serves. If staying agreeable helped you avoid conflict, rejection or disconnection, it can become a deeply learned way of keeping relationships safe. The work is not simply “stop people-pleasing”, but learning that connection can survive your honesty too.

Address

Block B (Old Jail), Old Police Station, Upper High Street
Taunton
TA13QA

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.thrivetaunton.com/

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