New perspectives, who's afraid of couples therapy? ; session 2
Summary
Develop your capacity to establish a nourishing connection with couples and better handle their intense reactivity by: Distinguishing between the therapist's responsibility to manage therapy and getting caught up in the content that preoccupies clients; Helping partners to more clearly envision both their current survival dance and their dream of a better relationship; Learning how to help partners visit each other's experiential world, especially the "tough neighborhoods"; Developing your personal comfort with intense emotionality and your ability to help coach clients through their own intense feeling states. Understanding how to create a relational space in therapy that encourages risk taking and deep emotional learning
Notes
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