Couples Therapy: Confronting a Stuck, Betrayed Partner
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For this blog, I’d like to address a common challenge in couples therapy: how to confront a betrayed partner who remains in a victim position long after
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Confrontation Video: Challenging Hypocrisy
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With certain presenting problems, it’s obvious that some confrontation will be required. For example, the denial associated with drugs, alcohol or gambling addiction will inevitably require confrontation
Confrontation Transcript: Indecision After Infidelity
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Moving along in our series on confrontation, I wanted to share a series of confrontations made by my husband, Dr. Peter Pearson, during a 90-minute session with
Six Types of Confrontation and How the Cycle of Confrontation Unfolds
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Confrontation skills did not come naturally to me. When I was growing up, if I had issues with my sister or my mother, my father sent me
Are You Smarter Than a Fox?
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Have you heard of the Killdeer? No, it’s not a mammal, but an amazing bird from the sandpiper family. The Killdeer do not build much of a
Couples Therapy Lessons From Tennis Camp
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Recently I took a long weekend to go to The Tennis Congress with Pete. For a long time, I’d wanted to know how top-level tennis players think.
How to Restore Momentum When Clients Evade Your Questions
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My recent series, Losing Control, Direction or Momentum in Couples Therapy, stimulated so many comments and notes of appreciation that I’ve been thinking even more about those
Building Schools and Lives in Kenya
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As you may know, over the past 5 years I’ve been involved in building schools in communities for traumatically displaced people. Working through the nonprofit organization World
Dr. Ellyn Bader and Other Experts on Differentiation at Couples Conference
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Day 2 was on Differentiation at Couples Conference 2016. In a panel discussion early in the day, I set the stage for understanding differentiation by explaining that
More on Spinning in Circles with Entrenched Couples
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A reader of my blog on Spinning in Circles with Entrenched Couples described a situation that’s a catch-22 of couples therapy: a partner who doesn’t want to
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