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Ashley Mason, CMHC

Ashley Mason, CMHC

On The Couch

In my earliest memory, I’m in a rather bare living room with only a bay window and a couch. The carpet is beige and the couch is this brown…

Mar 9

On The Couch

Mar 9

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Dear Ashley: Don’t narcissists just need love? They’re not evil.

Dear Ashley:

Feb 28

Dear Ashley: Don’t narcissists just need love? They’re not evil.

Feb 28

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Micro-Separations: how to traumatize your partner on a daily basis

We’re talking death by a thousand cuts. We’re talking frog in boiling water situations.

Feb 28

Micro-Separations: how to traumatize your partner on a daily basis

Feb 28

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Moving at age 42 but feeling 5 y/o and alone

AKA, The capacity to be alone.

Feb 23

Moving at age 42 but feeling 5 y/o and alone

Feb 23

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Tattoos, piercings, injections & surgeries: Why we do these things to ourselves.

This is a discussion that explores the process from the inside → out.

Feb 16

Tattoos, piercings, injections & surgeries: Why we do these things to ourselves.

Feb 16

Ashley Mason, CMHC

You’re nagging? It’s not the right relationship for you.

If you find yourself nagging, something’s wrong with the relationship.

Feb 7

You’re nagging? It’s not the right relationship for you.

Feb 7

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Crying at Happy Occasions: What it means about Us

Feb 4

Crying at Happy Occasions: What it means about Us

Feb 4

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Signs the Narcissist is Changing (but also don’t hold your breath)

I pretty much won’t shut up about how you shouldn’t expect change from a narcissist. There’s such a small likelihood for real change that…

Feb 2

Signs the Narcissist is Changing (but also don’t hold your breath)

Feb 2

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Don’t do couples therapy with your narcissistic partner.

Unless your goal is simply to confirm that your partner is extremely difficult, going to couples therapy is a waste of time and money.

Jan 29

Don’t do couples therapy with your narcissistic partner.

Jan 29

Ashley Mason, CMHC

You Need to Start Taking Ownership of Your Narcissistic Relationships

If you can’t take any responsibility for your relationship with a narcissist, you are doomed to repeat the relationship again and again.

Jan 29

You Need to Start Taking Ownership of Your Narcissistic Relationships

Jan 29

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Ashley Mason, CMHC

Psychoanalytic Therapist of 14 years, writing to help myself and others think more critically about difficult people & oversimplified mental health messages.

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