Sentences with phrase «guiding avoidant partners»

Emotionally focused therapists facilitate emotionally moving enactments by guiding avoidant partners to turn to their partner and to share with them about their pain, sadness and fears.

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By making your clients» avoidant behavior the target of treatment — as opposed to their thoughts and beliefs — this skills - based guide provides the tools you need to help your clients change how they respond to their partner.
Given that avoidant attachment is characterized by a tendency to withdraw from intimacy, the guided virtual relationship and the supportive responses of the virtual partner may have been insufficiently immersive to access avoidant attachment schema.
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