Tough Couple Challenge: Sparking the Desire for Change
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Tough Couple Challenge: Do You Take On Too Much Responsibility?
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A few weeks ago, Dr. Peter Pearson and I were talking with fellow therapists about a pattern we’ve all fallen into at one time or another. Pete
Losing Direction: When Intimacy Avoiders Lead You Astray
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Partners who desperately want intimacy often push it away. It’s easy to lose direction with them. They demand more openness from their partners but then deflect, attack
Losing Direction: Where Are You Going and What Are You Using For a Roadmap?
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We’ve been discussing losing control and losing momentum. Today’s post is about losing direction. It might feel like the same kind of discomfort, but the reason is
Losing Momentum: After an Affair
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Losing Momentum: When One Partner Keeps Obsessing about the Details of a Partner’s Affair In today’s world of cell phones, text messages and emails, it has become
Losing Momentum: With Passive-Aggressive Partners and their Spouses
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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, and criticism
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
Losing Control: When Couples Fight
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It is very common for angry partners to come in saying they had a great big fight during the week and they want to talk about it.
Losing Control: It Happens Sooner Than You Think
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Losing control of a given couples therapy session happens sooner and faster than you think. How soon? Often it is in the first few minutes of a
Losing Control: When Couples Sessions Spin Out of Control
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Please think about a time when you lost control of a session. Were you too caught up in your own discomfort, anxiety, or discouragement to contemplate specifically
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