From Rupture To Repair
Ruptures and repairs are made of the same things: interactional moves or their absence. ▾ A rupture is caused by any threat-raising move...
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peterjones3000
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
The Binocular Vision of Couple Therapy.
We couples therapists are at our best when we take a binocular view of you as a couple during therapy. We need to look for your...
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peterjones3000
- Dec 21, 2022
- 5 min
The Purpose-Driven Fight
•Q: My boyfriend and I are writing you together. We get in fight after fight. Is fighting like cats and dogs a sign of incompatibility?...
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peterjones3000
- Nov 7, 2022
- 3 min
Daytime Betrayals
• At least twice a month, Max makes a bargain with his 8-year old son: getting his room clean or doing his homework early in exchange for...
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peterjones3000
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
Turning the tide on distress in disagreements, fights, conflict.
• What couples remember as their first fight is the first time they got shaken out of the ceaseless protection from the world that their...
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peterjones3000
- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
Catching the undertow
Dear Peter: Q: Call me Nora. When Sam (also a pseudonym) and I get started on something we disagree about, it starts ok, seems to end...
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peterjones3000
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
The body is an alarm system.
The body-mind is an alarm system. A couple must know what sets off each partner's alarm system, and what disarms it. If you or your...
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