Sentences with phrase «couples see conflict»

Additionally, many couples see conflict as a sign that their relationship is in trouble.

If couples see the conflict as an opportunity for growth, they can attune to each other and increase their understanding of one another, deepening their trust in each other and in the relationship.

Not exact matches

Couples who have learned how to use the Parent / Adult / Child aspect of Transactional Analysis (see p. 81, n. 23) have a tool for conflict resolution and for employing the IMM more effectively.

Seeing the couple's parents interact may illuminate for the couple the sources of their own communication hang - ups and conflicts.

Hard questions arise when people of faith exercise religion in ways that may be seen to conflict with the new right to same - sex marriage — when, for example, a religious college provides married student housing only to opposite - sex married couples, or a religious adoption agency declines to place children with same - sex married couples.

Schedule this for couples and small groups (see above, Chapter 4) before dealing with anxiety - laden issues such as conflict resolution, changing roles, crisis coping, or sex.

The use of role playing to act out a marriage conflict chosen by the whole group can help couples learn to use Transactional Analysis as a practical tool (see above, Chapter 4)

• Reduced couple satisfaction and relationship quality and increased conflict over the transition to parenthood are clear (for review, see Glade et al, 2005).

But our culture does have its leftovers from previous generations» perspectives on relationship, and those leftovers are most often seen — not in the news of mass killings that we are increasingly seeing — but more in our homes, behind closed doors, when conflict arises between couples and between parents and children.

Parents today are bombarded with so many opinions and conflicting advice, coupled with the extreme social pressure to be a «good parent,» it's not hard to see why everyone is so afraid to screw it up.

Just because your MBTI type isn't obviously consistent with an occupational path you were considering, or just because a couple of character traits conflict with what you typically see in workers in a particular field, doesn't mean that occupation is not right for you.

An ambitious young woman sees sex as a way to escape her background; a respectable widower wrestles with the conflict between desire and religious principles; a man grieving his long - lost daughter forges a bond with a heartbroken girl; a married couple come to see each other with fresh eyes.»

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When couples in conflict come to see Dr. Brad Klontz, the renowned American financial psychologist and author of Mind Over Money, he doesn't want to hear the particulars.

The negative cycle and communication skills We teach couples to see their conflict as a result of an underlying negative cycle.

With practical insights on how to resolve conflicts and pull together as a couple, this book is ideal for anyone in a relationship: newlyweds and those thinking about commitment can see what's needed for future harmony, while those couples with a bit more mileage can use it to make their strong bond even stronger.

Often in therapy, I see that couples are unable to resolve a conflict, especially if -LSB-...]

In my experience working with couples, it is always interesting to see that one of the most common presenting issues in couples counselling is either communication or conflict management.

There are several reasons: (a) it's less adversarial than going to court; (b) it's more private; (c) you retain control of the process — i.e., you are not bound by what the mediator thinks (indeed, most mediators see their role as helping the parties effectuate their goals, not imposing the mediator's ideas); (d) it's usually much less expensive; (e) if there are children involved, the process is less likely to embroil them in a painful conflict; and (f) mediation often gives divorcing couples a better chance of successfully negotiating issues that may come up in the future (such as child support, alimony, or custody and visitation issues).

As financial professionals who focus on the collaborative divorce process, we have seen, first hand, how today's uncertain economy has increased collaborative's popularity by offering divorcing couples a way to end their marriage while minimizing conflict, maintaining confidentiality and saving money.

«In my over 35 years as a practicing divorce attorney at Jenner & Block, I have seen too many divorcing couples act out grudges with their exes in destructive post-divorce conflicts.

See, Solomon, Judith and Carol George, The Development of attachment in separated and divorced families: Effects of overnight visitation, parent and couple variables, Attachment & Human Development VOl.1 No. 1, April 1999; Jennifer McIntosh, «Enduring Conflict in Parental Separation: Pathways of Impact on Child Development, 9 J. of Family Studies 63, April 2003.

When you see me for couples therapy, we will create a plan together to work through high - conflict situations and stressful transitions so that you can find peace again and rekindle the connection with your partner.

When my team monitored couples for bodily changes during a conflict discussion, we could see just how physically distressing flooding was.

Afterwards, they made a brief visit to the lab, to have a 15 - minute discussion about an area of conflict in their marriage, so that the researchers could see an example of the couple's conflict style.

Gottman decided to answer this question by trying something very simple: Recording married couples talking for 15 minutes about a recent conflict that they were having in their relationship, and then carefully scrutinizing these recordings to see how happy and unhappy couples behaved differently.

Gottman and his team have been studying how couples argue and resolve conflict and have followed hundreds of couples over time to see if their marriages last.

Relationship conflict should be seen as an opportunity to work together and grow as a couple.

Where any aspect of domestic conflict, whether it be for you or your partner, is an issue we will always ask to see a couple for individual sessions.

Please note that if you or your partner are currently awaiting the outcome of court proceedings related to any domestic conflict issues then we will not be able to see you as a couple until those court proceedings are completed, although we may be able to see you for individual sessions.

Importantly, mismatched - weight couples who ate together more frequently reported more conflict, regardless of which partner was overweight (apparently, it's a lot easier to be critical if you see what your partner eats).

But, couples who cohabit prior to marriage for practical reasons and plan to someday marry all along fare better (and in some respects may fare better than those that didn't cohabit), especially because these couples have had practice confronting and working through life and relationship stressors.5 For example, they've most likely experienced conflict and had an opportunity to see how they treat each other in such situations.6

While we understand that having health insurance can be important when you have medical issues and expenses, many insurance companies do not pay for couples counseling because they do not see relationship conflicts as a medical problem.

Here are some of the most common sources of conflict we've seen and treated in our Metro Detroit couples counseling program.

The final stage, the Follow - up / Aftermath Stage, may see a rehashing of the conflict or the existence of grudges, and facilitates new rules for the couple in divorce.

I undertook my Tuesday Evening Men's group in 1999, because I had seen enough men in couple and family therapy to realize that our difficulty in managing emotional conflict was a serious disadvantage when we are being asked by articulate partners or our own children to account for our choices, demands, privileges, and maybe what we think and feel about our troubles and difficulties.

Over the course of the class, couples see how other people wrestle with real - life problems, with relationship conflicts, with child - rearing issues, with career changes, etc., within the model of relationship as a transformational process.

Take a look at these ways to fight fair in relationships, and if you're still having too many conflicts, consider seeing a couples therapist for your bond and your health.

Most of the couples that I see identify problems with communication, which could involve escalated arguments or lack of communication as a result of distancing from each other in an effort to avoid conflict.

For example, Couple # 1 sees open conflict at Time A as a bad sign, because at Time B they still had not resolved the problem, and «obviously» arguing «made matters worse.»

Couple # 2 sees open conflict at Time A as a good sign, since at Time B they had resolved the problem, and arguing «obviously» allowed them to «get it out in the open.»

Often in therapy, I see that couples are unable to resolve a conflict, especially if it is regarding what renowned couples therapists Drs. John and Julie Gottman call «gridlock issues.»

,» defining how we see a «good» marriage, we delved into topics including social media and the Internet, arguing, big decisions, infidelity, dealing with each other's families, communication, food and diet, sex, kink and money conflicts in financial couples therapy.

Early in my career, I worked extensively with couples with sexual concerns, worked in a marital therapy research project using dynamic and behavioral approaches for couples in conflict and now see a variety of marital concerns across the life cycle from newly marrieds to retired couples of advanced age.

In some types of couples therapy, the therapist may be seen as a coach providing education, communication skills training, and conflict - resolution techniques.

In this therapy, as you can see, we focus on emotion, skill building for managing conflict, developing new skills for enhancing friendship, and helping the couple to create a shared system of meaning together.

By allowing the counselor into the conflict situation, an objective viewpoint is possible and this can be very valuable to the couple who are often too closely involved to be able to see what is really going on.

The couples we see seek help in learning to communicate; resolve conflict; and, most importantly, to connect.

Depression, for example, is reciprocally related to couple conflict; maternal depression is associated with maladaptive parent — child relations; and parent — child conflict is associated with child depression (Restifo and Bogels 2009; see also the review of Heinrichs et al. 2010, on couple functioning and child behavior problems).

Also, the therapist can help the couple «replay» recent conversations and conflicts to see which practices were effective and which practices were not.