In a fascinating paper referenced below, Wendy Drewery introduces and develops the idea that conversation is a powerful means of performing relational identity – what she describes as “different ways of doing relationship and different ways of performing identity” – and suggests that “narrative therapy offers an approach to everyday as well as therapeutic conversation […]
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Why we should watch what we say!
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Shining Light on Conflicts Beneath the Surface will Target Marital Problems and Encourage Healthy Relationships.
This is an exercise that we’ve used with couples for years at Marriage Couples Counseling in New York City.
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How to Talk to Your Lover can help build a Healthy Relationship and Avoid Marital Problems that can lead to an Abusive Relationship.
Time after time in our work with couples, at Marriage Couples Counseling in New York City, we hear how lovers get caught up in heated, often hurtful arguments that can lead to recurring marital problems and, sometimes, abusive relationships because they don’t know how to express their deeper hurts.
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In Healthy Relationships, Lovers Always Discover the Sub-text of Their Arguments
Whenever lovers argue, what they usually fight about isn’t the real argument. There’s always some fear or deeper hurt that gets triggered by your tone of voice, the way you’re looking at each other and especially when one of you loses it and just blows up. Probably the worst way to argue is not to […]
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The Couples Dialog: The Secret to Healthy Relationship
The couples’ dialogue is the secret to a healthy, lasting relationship with your lover. In the same way that Yoga helps you find a deeper connection to your inner self, the couples’ dialogue helps you find a deeper connection to your lover.
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