Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 5 – Relationship Balance

Finding Relational Balance Relational balance falters when one person needs the other to feel safe or whole. A parent in a strained marriage or carrying childhood wounds may lean on a child for comfort. The child, loyal and loving, tries to meet that need. Over time, this can harden into dysfunction. Years ago, I cared for a mother and son locked in a budding enmeshed relationship. She could not draw boundaries. She absorbed his pain, projected her own trauma onto him, and smothered him with anxious love and control. She tightly managed his world yet set no limits on how he treated her or others. By four, he was out of control. She was exhausted and indignant, insisting he was sweet while enabling every behavior. Her fear of becoming her own restrictive parents left him both fused to her and furious. Therapy was suggested. It was rejected.... Enjoy, Dr. M

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Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 5 – Relationship Balance is an episode from Portable Practical Pediatrics by Dr. Chris Magryta, "Dr. M".

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This episode was published on Mar 7, 2026.

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