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Inside The Consulting Room. Episode 6. Trust, Betrayal, And A Sixteen-Year-Old’s Guard Up
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She sits with her arms folded, fists clenched, and every answer measured like it might be used against her. Ava is sixteen, bright, and polite, but she’s mastered a form of disappearance: no close friends, no family meals, no emotional risks. The adults around her feel the absence and can’t quite name it. What they’re seeing isn’t simple “teen moodiness” it’s a hard-won strategy for staying safe.
We walk through how avoidant attachment and defensive relational withdrawal can develop after relational injury, especially when private conversations become public and shame spreads…
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