Love Maps
This semester I’m enrolled in couples counseling. After being in this program for a year, I will definitely say couples are one of my favorite populations to learn about and hopefully work with one day...
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Ok, so now that we’ve checked our Love Maps, we’re headed to the next stop on the love train. Share Fondness and Admiration. Couples who come to therapy have normally waited SIX YEARS since first...
View ArticleTurning Towards
I figured as I sit here in my Gottman Level 1 training, I would follow-up on The Sound Relationship House. So, where were we? We’ve already covered our Love Maps and discussed Fondness and Admiration....
View ArticleThe Positive Perspective
We’re back with the fourth installment in the Sound Relationship House. Click on the following links for the first three posts in this series, Building Love Maps, Sharing Fondness and Admiration, and...
View ArticleManage Conflict
Let’s do another Sound Relationship House post. Those are always fun and I’m getting tired of talking about this darn house. It’s time to move on to bigger and better things. So far we’ve addressed:...
View ArticleManaging Conflict: Accepting Influence
Aaaand we’re back. If you’re just tuning in, I’m covering the basics of The Sound Relationship House, a relationship theory used in couples counseling by Dr. John Gottman. Some fun things I think you’d...
View ArticleCrane Love
A story for you: My mother is a fabulous woman. She can pretty much cook anything, including a mean steak which she takes great pride in and is quite dismayed that I no longer indulge in one of her...
View ArticleMaking Life Dreams Come True
Past Sound Relationship House posts: Build Love Maps Share Fondness and Admiration Turn Towards The Positive Perspective Manage Conflict Manage Conflict: Accepting Influence Manage Conflict: Repair and...
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