Emotions are incredibly complicated and it’s not uncommon for our emotions to get us into trouble when communicating with our spouse or partner. Have you ever said exactly the thing that you know will hurt your partner or make them upset? Chances are you have. Did it...
How do we get so stuck in the same old pattern of communication and interaction again and again? We’ll be taking a look at the role of communication pattern in keeping us stuck in relationship problems. This is the final post in a series that looks at the...
Life can be difficult and that can obviously effect our relationships. This post is part of a series looking at the four main factors that get us stuck in problematic patterns of interaction and create arguments that come up over and over. External stressors work...
How do we get so polarized and stuck in our relationships problems? This post looks at the way that emotional sensitives contribute to the development and maintenance of problems in intimate relationships. It is the second in a series of posts that look at the four...
How do marriage and couples problems develop and evolve? This blog post is the first in a series of four posts that will take an in-depth look at how problems develop in intimate relationships. Basically, it can be said that intimate relationship problems are caused...
What starts fights between members of a couple and what do they fight about? In the 1970’s a psychologist by the name of Don Peterson tried to answer this question. He found that typically there are four types of events that start or trigger arguments between...
