No couple likes to argue or experience conflict, but everyone does. Yes, even the relationships that look “perfect” on the outside experience conflict. The reason they might look perfect, however, is because the couples who know how to argue effectively are the ones improving and strengthening their relationships.
Communication is an essential key to any relationship. However, it’s something that many couples struggle with.
ADHD isn’t just a disorder for children. Many adults deal with it, whether they were undiagnosed or misdiagnosed as a child.
Everyone has different attachment bonds that typically stem from childhood. You might have a different attachment style from your partner, but if one (or both) of you doesn’t have a secure attachment, it can create conflict, pain, and roadblocks in your relationship.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy is specifically designed to help those in a relationship process pain. In doing so, you can move forward as individuals and as a couple, and bring your love back to life.
We all have priorities to invest our time in like doing well at our jobs, taking care of kids, and managing our finances. But, what about investing in your relationship?
Being the significant other to someone who deals with PTSD can be difficult to work with and maneuver around. Supporting your loved one can feel like a mystery at first.
Relationships are tricky. For example, you may deal with issues like anger along the way. Perhaps one or both of you do not feel comfortable opening up.
Maintaining a positive, supportive relationship with one’s partner in the face of life stress is one of the biggest challenges many couples face. Not uncommonly, instead of pulling together to face life’s difficulties, partners become disengaged or even hostile.
We need emotional connection like we need oxygen. As the Dalai Lama says, “People can live without religion or meditation, but they cannot live without being emotional connected.”