This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hello and thanks for joining me at self-work today. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical

psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas. I've been practicing for over 25 years. And a couple of

years ago I started to podcast because I wanted to extend the walls of my practice to those who might already be interested in psychological or emotional issues, maybe even already in therapy, or to those who may have just recently been diagnosed

with depression or anxiety or maybe are having some kind of relationship issues

that they can't seem to resolve. And then there's that third group, that group that might

listen to a podcast about therapy or what you might learn in therapy, but

wouldn't darken the door of a therapist. At least not yet. One of the things that I so appreciate

about some of you who have written me, you've told me that self-work has actually motivated

you to seek therapy on your own and that is fantastic.

Another reason why I started all of this was because I'm really very tired of the prejudice

against mental illness and mental illness treatment so I wanted to do my part

to change that prejudice. Today's podcast topic was actually suggested to me by

one of you by a listener and we're going to be talking

about the effects of childhood neglect. I'll specifically reference some comments that I found

on the mighty when they ask their followers to talk about what emotional

neglect had created in them. Just FYI. The mighty is a website dedicated to

telling the real stories of what it's like to have medical or mental illnesses

so if you're interested you ought to go over there it's

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