by Caroline Russell Smith, LCSW, PACT Level 2 and
Karen Berry, PhD, PACT Certified Therapist
It is amazing how much can go wrong in the first 30 seconds of a sexual encounter! When couples come into my office to address differences in sexual desire, I reassure them that these differences are normal ...
By Beverly Baker, MBA
PACT Institute Executive Director
Are you curious about what goes on behind the scenes? About how events are produced or what goes into an art exhibition? As a logistics nerd, I am just as fascinated by the process as the result. Any event I attend, from art galleries to sporti...
In the fall of 2009, several fellow clinician colleagues of Patricia Hart, PhD, and Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD, told them that they were “very excited about this interesting guy” who had a new model of couple therapy, and they invited Hans and Patricia to hear him speak.
So when Stan Tatkin came to Ber...
Excerpted from the second edition of Wired for Love
By Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT
PACT Developer
Who are we as relationship partners? How do we move toward and away from (literally and figuratively) those we depend on? It always amazes me that couples can be together for fifteen, twenty, even thirty y...
By Allison Howe, LMHC
PACT Certified Clinician, PACT Faculty
Couples come to our office in distress. They want to feel better. For me, PACT therapy provides medicine for the couple. PACT is an approach designed to alleviate the symptoms that come from an insecure, unfair, insensitive relationship th...
By Joy A. Dryer, PhD
PACT Certified Clinician, PACT Faculty
“And I’m not your mother!”
“No. You’re much sexier.” Eddie reaches for Eve’s hand. She pulls it back.
Eve shakes her brown curls ‘no’ and gazes past him at the floor. “Your mother bought one cupcake with a stupid candle for your birthdays...
By Daniel Scrafford
PACT Level 3 Therapist
In my early professional years, I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
— Carl R. Roger...
Dear PACT Community,
Happy 2024! As we enter the new year, I’m excited to take this opportunity to look back and reflect on what the PACT Institute has accomplished and to let you know about this year’s plans for continuous growth and improvement – ours and yours!
Looking Back: We’ve Learned and G...
By Angela Aiello, Ph.D. LMFT
PACT Level 2 Therapist
It’s cliché, but it was really turning into the vacation from hell:
“Oh, for f***’s sake, you’re not maneuvering in the right direction.”
“Me? It’s you! You’re the one who steered us into the muck! Try to move the oars like this!”
“I’m trying, but y...
William Ryan, PhD
PACT Level 3 Therapist
Sarah and Dylan have been married sixteen years and have two children together. Over the last four years, Sarah has been increasingly dissatisfied in the marriage. She has repeatedly asked Dylan to do couple therapy with her. Dylan consistently responded by r...
This month, we’re celebrating a new cohort to have earned the distinct title of PACT Certified Therapist. These therapists completed the highest level of PACT training this year, and you may see them teaching classes, offering consultation, or sharing PACT research projects.
We asked them why they ...
Ah, the holiday season — a time of celebration, togetherness, and making cherished memories with loved ones. AND a time filled with unique challenges, sometimes unrealistic expectations, and potential stressors that can strain even secure-functioning relationships.
From Thanksgiving to New Year’s D...
