Discovering New Steps to Shift a Couple’s Dance avoidant intimacy john grey pact secure functioning May 14, 2014

by John Grey, Ph.D., PACT faculty, Berkeley CA,
Website:Ā www.soulmateoracle.com
Email: [email protected]

Partners caught in ongoing distress lose sight of how to shift their negative dynamics. Although their dance could change if either made a small but significant move, neither seems to know...

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by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT,
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Therapy is only useful for changing people who are experiencing sufficient distress. This is not to say that education, consultation, or brief counseling will have no effect. People often benefit from couple counseling for premarital or other short-term work...

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Attraction to Psychological Approaches approaches couples for therapists ideas pact pair bonding stan tatkin theories Apr 14, 2013

by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT,
stantatkin.com

I’m an avid lover of theory, all kinds of theory—psychoanalytic, systems, humanistic-existential, and so on. I think my appreciation of theories grows as I age, as does my appreciation of people, relationships, music, art, and politics. As I grow older and h...

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