PACT Level 2
It’s inevitable. If you see individual clients, you will work with someone who is struggling in their primary partnership. While we’re prepared to support an individual’s healing process, we have a profession-wide blind spot; few of us...
By Falon Hooks, MA, t-LMFT
PACT Level 2 Therapist
If you are coming into my office for couples therapy, I can guess that one central concern is communication. Whether it is too infrequent, too intense, or too uncomfortable of a topic, many of you will sit lips pursed, hoping the unspoken moment...
by Catherine Seidel, LMFT
PACT Level 3 Therapist
This paper presents the application of PACT couple therapy principles to a guided couple experience with horses. Four couples were given the same instructions and tasks in two-hour equine-assisted sessions. Several PACT exercises were...
By Hans Jorg Stahlschmidt, PhD
PACT Senior Core Faculty
As couple therapists, my colleagues and I have no shortage of advice on ways to help your relationship. There are 7 rules, 10 steps, 9 secrets and 5 truths, all designed to help you to have a happier relationship with your partner. If a set...
PACT Level 3 Therapist
As PACT therapists, we play a significant role in supporting our couples toward secure-functioning relationships. We can also play an essential role in contributing to the growth of psychology, psychedelics, and work with couples. This paper is my...
Excerpted from In Each Other's Care: A Guide to the Most Common Relationship Conflicts and How to Work Through Them by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT (Sounds True, 2023)
As mentioned in chapter 2, any and all thirds that threaten the safety and security of the couple system should be...
Excerpted from In Each Other's Care: A Guide to the Most Common Relationship Conflicts and How to Work Through Them by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT (Sounds True, 2023)
My friends, most love relationships do not last exceptionally long. There are a good many reasons for this....
This month, we’re celebrating the first group to have earned the distinct title of PACT Certified Therapist by completing the highest level of PACT training.
You may see them teaching classes, offering consultation, or sharing PACT research projects.
We asked them what the...
In popular culture, on social media, and even in couples therapists’ offices, myths about what constitutes a “good” relationship abound:
“If you’re with the right person, your relationship should be effortless.”
“Couples in good relationships don’t...
By Kelifern Pomeranz, PsyD, CST
PACT Level 3 Therapist
Yolanda and Miguel struggle to talk about sex. Yolanda worries that Miguel is no longer attracted to her and feels insecure, rejected, and confused. Miguel has always had a low libido and more recently has been having difficulty maintaining...
PACT Level 3 Therapist
“I’m still not comfortable,” says Sam, jiggling his foot.
Sam and Sandra came to couples therapy because they can’t communicate. I start them in each session with a typical Psychobiologic Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) [1]...
PACT Certified Therapist
As a senior PACT clinician and sex therapist, I routinely use the PACT paradigm to work directly with couples wanting more from their sex lives. I utilize the solid container of a secure-functioning relationship where both are committed to the work of...