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      <image:caption>It’s important to mention that there’s no quick fix when it comes to emotional caretaking. It’s a set of beliefs and behaviours that have developed over time, so it will also take some time to come back to yourself and develop new ways of being.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - What is Emotional Caretaking? - Where does this pattern come from?</image:title>
      <image:caption>You’re not born an emotional caretaker. Usually, it’s a pattern you learn in childhood when it feels important or even necessary to manage other people’s feelings. For example, as a child, these behaviours might have been the only way you could minimise conflict at home or feel close to family members. While these behaviours were helpful adaptations that allowed you to navigate the situations you experienced as a child, in adulthood, they can become limiting. One of the aims of therapy is to bring awareness to such patterns (without labelling or judging them) and explore new ways of relating.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Before reading on, it can be worth taking a moment to reflect on what causes you stress. In Gestalt therapy, we pay close attention to what is happening in the present, including noticing our bodily sensations, emotions and thoughts. Awareness is the starting point and opens up the possibility for things to change.</image:caption>
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