How to prevent teen dating violence
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by Dr. Alazne Aizpitarte Psychologist & Family and Couple Therapist. Researcher in Teen Dating Violence. When we hear of “intimate partner violence,” what suddenly comes to mind
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6 Steps to Developing Leadership in Couples Therapy
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If I could recommend just one skill for you to develop to become a successful couples therapist, it would be leadership. Leadership is the number one skill
A Closer Look at Early Differentiation
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What is real developmental progress? How do we recognize and support it? Many couples in therapy are starting to move from the symbiotic stage into early differentiation.
A Developmental Model for Healthy Couples
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Throughout my experience as a couples therapist, I’ve observed that couples relationships typically progress through 5 normal and predictable stages. In healthy relationships, a couple’s development closely
Quotable Moments From Recent Conferences
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This spring I presented keynotes and workshops at The Couples Conference in Oakland and at a UCLA conference called Relationships and the Health-Promoting Power of Connection Across
Searching for Intimacy and Aliveness
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Here is the transcript I promised you in my most recent blog post, “Moving Couples Through Defense and Ambivalence Toward Intimacy.” In that blog post I said
Moving Couples Through Defense and Ambivalence Toward Intimacy
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It’s easy for partners to say, “I want more intimacy” while having no idea what they mean and no history of expressing their desires to one another.
Integrating Goals and Growth in Couples Therapy
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The other day, a therapist in my Developmental Model training program asked me the following:“How do you integrate a couple’s goals for therapy with the specific developmental tasks that
Getting Started: Disrupting the Cycle of Externalization and Blame
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Many of the couples who come to see us are stuck organizing their complaints around an external symptom or problem. It’s easier for them and preserves individual
Utilize the Initiator-Inquirer Process in Couples Therapy
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Stop Angry, Hostile Fighting and Immediately Structure More Effective Interaction Are you interested in a way to get out of the middle of a couple’s conflicts and
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