10 Skills for Early Sessions
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Each year I mentor a small group of therapists to help them set goals for their business and clinical skills. I often ask them to assess themselves
Intrapsychic Impasses
Losing Momentum: Do You Start Strong and Then See the Energy Fizzle?
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It’s pretty common to start couples therapy strong. You use your empathy skills and make a good connection with each partner. Each one has a chance to
Creating Intrapsychic Change in Self-Absorbed Partners
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In my previous blog, I started showing you the elegance of using Gestalt two-chair work to transform self-absorbed parts of your clients. With self-absorbed partners, it’s important
Intrapsychic Impasses with Self-Absorbed Partners
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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 focused on
The Self-Absorbed Partner, Video Two
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Click here to better understand the many challenges self-absorbed partners create for couples therapists. Here’s what you’ll learn: what happens when attention is not focused on the
The Self-Absorbed Partner, Video One
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Click below to watch this video about the troublesome traits of the self-absorbed partner. You’ll want to make sure and catch the following… 2:38, a confession about
Building Effective Collaboration with a Highly Anxious Client
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A common scenario that many of us see in our practices is the over-functioning wife with the anxious-avoidant husband. He is a highly anxious procrastinator and is
Confronting Negative Beliefs and Projections
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In December, I set a daunting task for myself. I volunteered to do a clinical demonstration at the Brief Therapy conference. I have done many demos over
Identify Two Common Inhibitors to Progress in Couples Therapy
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This month, we thought we’d address the problem of being “lost and wandering” in the middle stage of couples therapy. This can be tough because the couple
Transactional Analysis: Strategies
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Strategies for Working With Lies, Passive-Aggressive Behavior and Affairs Dr. Ellyn Bader is Co-Founder & Director of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. She is long-time
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