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Stonewalling

Stonewalling

In my work with couples, I often lean on the work of Dr. John Gottman, a clinician and researcher with 40 years of experience studying what makes marriages successful…and what makes them fall apart. Gottman and colleagues cite the practices of curiosity, mutual...
Defensiveness

Defensiveness

In my work with couples, I often lean on the work of Dr. John Gottman, a clinician and researcher with 40 years of experience studying what makes marriages successful…and what makes them fall apart. Gottman and colleagues cite the practices of curiosity, mutual...
Contempt

Contempt

In my work with couples, I often lean on the work of Dr. John Gottman, a clinician and researcher with 40 years of experience studying what makes marriages successful…and what makes them fall apart. Gottman and colleagues cite the practices of curiosity, mutual...
Criticism

Criticism

In my work with couples, I often lean on the work of Dr. John Gottman, a clinician and researcher with 40 years of experience studying what makes marriages successful…and what makes them fall apart. Gottman and colleagues cite the practices of curiosity, mutual...
Getting Triggered by Our Kids

Getting Triggered by Our Kids

My third grader struggles with her math homework. She has learning differences and an ADHD diagnosis and her cycle of struggle around arithmetic often leaves her flooded and dysregulated. She gets snippy and irritable. She often storms off. Sometimes she cries. Almost...