Intrapsychic Impasses with Self-Absorbed Partners
We’ve been on a journey together exploring the external behavior of self-absorbed partners. And although they often mislead therapists with detours and distractions, we’ve stayed
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Update on Couples Conference 2015
This year’s Couples Conference has come and gone. Happily, it turned out to be another dynamic meeting filled with therapists from many countries as well
What’s better than fixing your marriage?
What if a good marriage was not about focusing on fixing problems? What if a good marriage was not learning a new set of skills
Losing Momentum: With Passive-Aggressive Partners and their Spouses
Many therapists dread working with couples where one partner is extremely passive or passive-aggressive. Passive-aggressive partners create a lot of confusion. Commitments are regularly broken,
Why couples therapy isn’t just for when things are going wrong
Most people tend to associate couples therapy with intractable problems that they and their partner are struggling with. Couples usually wait until their situation has
Working with The Brilliant Skeptic or Paranoid Adaptation
A while ago I was thinking about specific challenges that can come up in our work with couples – ones that may require us to
Choice Points in Disrupting Symbiosis in Conflict-Avoidant Couples: Moving These Couples Forward
When you are working with a conflict-avoiding couple, it is especially difficult to create positive forward moving momentum. These couples merge boundaries often and it
Is Confrontation Important in Couples Therapy?
Confrontation is much more of an art than a science, especially in the intricacy of couples therapy. What comes to mind when you think about
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Breakthroughs with Infidelity Cases
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