Category: Couples & Relationships
Couples therapy and interpersonal relations
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What We Owe to One Another When Expressing Our Feelings
I hear few complaints more frequently from couples than those concerning the expression of feelings. Yes, it’s often a male partner who seems incapable of either expressing or appreciating emotional meaning. But the truth is, many women are similarly less fluent in the expression of feelings. Indeed, fluency in the expression of emotional meaning is,… Read more
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Couples Therapy: Between Sessions
Couples usually seek and start therapy because they have not been able to resolve their problems on their own. Their failures are almost never caused by a lack of intellectual ability. In fact, since my work has mostly been with the professional segment of our society, they are usually accomplished professionals. But success in career… Read more
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Couples Therapy: A Four-Part Series
Part One Most people pursue couples therapy only after repeated tries to resolve their problems on their own. Understandably, frustration grows with each failed attempt at resolution, and repetition of maladaptive exchanges breeds chronicity. Attitudes and defenses harden, growing resentment closes off pathways to adaptive change. Conflict escalates as fear suppresses the risk-taking required for… Read more