Tag: couples therapy
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The mental load: when one partner ends up managing everything
Read more: The mental load: when one partner ends up managing everythingWhy am I the only one who knows when the dentist appointment is? The New York Times ran a piece this week about Zach Watson, a former teacher who now coaches men on the mental load — the invisible work of keeping a household running. Not the dishes themselves, but knowing the dishes need doing,…
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Relationship Help
Read more: Relationship HelpFor couples going through a rough patch, here’s a short video sampling of Getting the Love You Want author Harville Hendrix’s take on what draws people to each other and how to make a relationship work (short version: “be nice”). Lots more detail in the book.
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Therapists on Couples Therapy
Read more: Therapists on Couples TherapyCouples Therapy through the eyes of couples therapists in the New York Times. “For starters, there’s an ever-present risk of winning one spouse’s allegiance at the expense of the other spouse’s,” explains William J. Doherty, the University of Minnesota professor of family social science, in his groundbreaking 2002 article on the topic of awkward couples…
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Relationship Health
Read more: Relationship HealthExtra motivation for figuring out how to get along better?: The way you relate to your partner can affect your long-term mental and physical health, study shows (Science Daily). “We already know from prior research that people in stable, happy marriages experience better overall health than do those in more conflicted relationships,” said Professor Hicks.…
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Free Couples Therapy (if you’re 55+)
Read more: Free Couples Therapy (if you’re 55+)Good deals dept.–relayed by Lynn McFarr of the CBT Society of Southern California: Free marital therapy for couples over the age of 55 Hello all, We are providing free marital therapy for adults over the age of 55 as part of a research study at UCLA. Couples will receive up to 16 sessions of IBCT,…