Hans Jorg Stahlschmidt, PhD, PACT Institute Dean of Students and Faculty, Senior Core Faculty, Senior Instructor

A familiar moment in couples therapy: the couple is stuck, and the therapy doesn’t move forward.

You’ve prepared. You’ve assessed. You’ve listened carefully. You’re tracking the sequenc...

by Eva Van Prooyen, MFT, PACT Certified Therapist

You’ve done it! You’ve found the “love of your life” and ceremonially declared your love by promising “forever and ever, ‘til death do us part” with your “one and only.” Now what? 

The final scene of a fairytale or rom-com fades off into a beautifu...

Every couple hits bumps in the road — misunderstandings, mismatched expectations, and moments when stress or fatigue lead to conflict. 

What sets thriving couples apart isn’t the absence of disagreements. It’s how they approach them. 

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, developer of the Psychobiological Appro...

By Dahlia Greenbaum, MA, LMFT
PACT Level 3 Clinician

A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) are two therapeutic modalities that provide robust ways to treat clients with a variety of presenting symptoms and problems, using an integrated approach of ...

by Allison Howe, LMHC, MA, EdM
PACT Certified Therapist, PACT Faculty

As a couple, it's not a million problems that bring couples into therapy but generally a few of the same things on repeat. 

These repeated experiences cause fresh injuries each time and unfortunately, many couples don’t heal the ...

by Simon Banks, MA, PBANZ
PACT Level 3 Clinician

Introduction

A few months ago, I had an experience that subsequently inspired me to write this paper. My partner and I were at another couple’s house for afternoon drinks and nibbles along with their new neighbors who, unknown to us prior to the even...

Stepping into the work of couple therapy often brings a mix of curiosity, hope, and healthy nerves. Even for clinicians with years of individual work behind them, the energy in the room can feel jarring — where two nervous systems, two histories, and two sets of defenses interact in real time. The P...

by Manpreet Singh, MS, LMFT
PACT Level 2 Clinician

In my practice as a marriage and family therapist, I often find that couples underestimate the impact that loss can have on the fabric of secure functioning. Losses are present from the moment a dyad is formed, as each partner begins to integrate a...

by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT

Over the years, I’ve noticed a recurring question among therapists encountering PACT for the first time. It usually sounds something like this: How does PACT fit with what I already know? How does PACT integrate with other models?

PACT is integrative by design, but what m...

By Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD
PACT Dean of Students and Faculty, Senior Core Faculty

Over the last few weeks, I’ve caught myself thinking — again and again — about men. Partly it’s because I’m preparing for an upcoming workshop, and partly it’s because of the version of masculinity that’s been loud in o...

By Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD
PACT Dean of Students and Faculty, Senior Core Faculty

We appreciate moments that signal growth and momentum within the PACT community, and welcoming new faculty is certainly one of them. This year, we’re thrilled to welcome two new clinicians into our faculty: Morgan Hart,...

by Beth O’Brien, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
PACT Certified Therapist, PACT Faculty

How do you look at your loved one?

After months or years together in a committed relationship, it’s easy to become complacent — meeting your partner’s gaze with neutrality or forgetting to look at them with love at a...