Here are some helpful suggestions about how get the most out of your work in therapy: During sessions: If you are coming in as a couple for marriage counseling or relationship counseling, strengthen your ability to listen while your partner talks with the therapist. Refrain from interrupting and check with your internal reactions as you’re
Alice and Jed, like many couples I see in therapy, are nice, bright people who love each other very much. They long to feel closer and more connected to one another, yet are stuck in a quagmire of conflict, resentment, and emotional distance. They are having a terrible time finding their way to the relationship
One undeniable fact about human nature; we are wired to avoid pain whenever possible. Including the pain-emotional or physical-that may come with admitting mistakes or faults. I suppose this starts as a child, when mom yells “Who broke the lamp?!” and it’s easy to guess what will happen if we say, “I did it”. As much
