Learning to Listen Instead of Immediately Trying to Problem Solve
Learning to Listen Instead of Immediately Trying to Problem Solve In our fast-paced, efficiency-driven world, there’s a pervasive cultural inclination to fix things. When someone shares a challenge, a frustration, or even a deeply personal struggle, our immediate, often well-intentioned, impulse is to offer solutions. We jump to advice, strategies, or quick fixes, believing we […]
Supporting Your Partner After Betrayal: A Guide for the Partner Who Engaged in an Affair
Please remember that the healing process after a relationship betrayal is a long and non-linear process, but it is definitely possible if both partners are willing to commit to the process. Understanding how to support your partner through this process is crucial for rebuilding trust and connection.
How You Can Heal from the Trauma of Infidelity
You might not immediately associate being cheated on with experiencing trauma. However, it’s very much a traumatic experience that can impact you for years to come. Infidelity is a harsh betrayal of trust, and can leave you questioning almost everything you once thought to be true.
What Makes Complex Trauma Different?
You might have a basic idea of what trauma is. You’ve probably even heard of PTSD and how it can impact people for years. However, fewer people have heard of, or understand the depth of complex trauma.
How Emotionally Focused Therapy Helps Relationships
Have you ever felt like your relationship needs a bit of help? Maybe things aren’t as rocky as they could be, but you feel disconnected from your partner.
Connection with Self… What It Is and How To Cultivate It
We often hear that to have a successful relationship we first have to learn to love ourselves, or to have a good relationship with ourselves. But what does it even mean?
Self-care tips for therapists in private practice and beyond
Therapist’s self-care is a popular and evasive topic these days. We all know that it is good to take care of ourselves and many of us still struggle to know how to apply self-care principles to our daily lives.
From Self-Protection to Connection
we all can get upset and triggered, resorting to self-protective reactions of anger, defensiveness, resentment, over-explaining, criticism, pulling away, or shutting down.
What is your unique medicine?
What Is Your Unique Medicine “One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires… causes proper […]
FOUR STEPS TO REPAIR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTNER AFTER AN ARGUMENT
Learning to repair after an argument is one of the most important skills for your relationship sustainability. Research shows that successful couples get upset with each other and might have conflicts, but they know how to come back together and repair.
