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The Balance of Acceptance and Change in Couple Therapy
Couple therapy can best be thought of as a delicate balancing act between the concepts of acceptance and change for both partners. The...
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What's It Made Of: Intimacy
Intimacy is a key aspect of our relationships with others including friendships and, well, intimate relationships. While it’s generally...
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Joining Narratives in Understanding Relationship Problems
When couples have longstanding conflict or a tense stalemate in their relationship, the most common reason for this can be found in the...
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The Importance of Narratives in Relationship Problems
Narratives are incredibly important to us as human beings – we seem to be, more than any other animal, hardwired to try to make sense of...
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What's It Made Of: Validation
Understanding the concept of validation is essential for building and maintaining close relationships. This is because most people...
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The Art of Argument Deescalation: Creating a Collaborative Time Out Plan
When problems in a relationship grow, this sometimes boils over into active conflict that can feel quite destructive to the health of the...
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Channel-Checking: One Simple Trick to Improve Communication in Relationships
A first line of defense against relationship arguments Imagine you arrive home from a stressful day at work, and begin to tell your...
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4 Common Triggers for Relationship Conflict
What causes two people who care a great deal for one another to have arguments? To be so focused on being right or making the other...
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