After 10 months of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, the female partner of a couple who came into therapy reeling from an infidelity and an reactive domestic violence who was able to lean into a very old fear and stay engaged with her partner. When questioned,...
A very lovely moment occurred during a couple session a few days ago. 18 sessions in to Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, a couple who came to me to address infidelity (on the husbands part – the penultimate behavior of disconnection, a disconnection that had...
Today I am launching a cooperative sharing of blogs with Mandy Traut, MA, LMHC. Mandy opens here by musing on the question, “How do you dance with your partner?” It’s All About Connection Mandy Traut, M.A, LMHC Over the years, I’ve heard many...
This question was posted recently on a Marriage & Family Therapy LinkedIn Group Page. Briefly here are my thoughts; Affairs lie on top of a broken communication code that kept the couples from communicating their true intimate selves. Experience as an EFT Couples...
A Weekend for Couples Who Want to Strengthen and Deepen Their Relationship, Connection and Intimacy October 18–20, 2013 The Westin Hotel, Downtown Seattle Space is Limited. Details at: Hold Me Tight Seattle
After five and a half decades of swallowing feelings of hurt, rejection, sadness, a break through moment into becoming the woman she has always known was missing was deeply felt as the wife of a couple I have been working with was able to tell her husband, “I...
