At the Atlanta Center for Couple Therapy, we are committed to helping individuals and couples identify blocks,
change negative communication patterns, and help you maintain and grow the love in your life.
While relationships research has historically focused on
alleviating negative communication patterns and distress, such as during conflict, a number of recent studies have explored the role of positive processes in promoting optimal relationship functioning.
Most often though, it takes a third person in the room to
spot negative communication patterns and help a couple defuse intense situations, avoiding old behaviors that lead to conflict.
If you tend to argue when discussing problems, it's wise to enlist the help of a qualified marriage counselor to help you work through the issues without launching into blaming or
other negative communication patterns.
Discover
your negative communication pattern and what each one of you really needs to get out of it.
The absence or hostile nature of these factors leads to
negative communication patterns and can contribute to a loss of interest in the relationship and subsequent divorce.
Negative communication patterns, such as inconsistencies with tone or body language and different communication styles, can even lead to conflict escalation in some cases.
For your sex life to improve, you will most likely you to address
the negative communication pattern you are getting stuck in.
Or, do upset feelings or
a negative communication pattern get in the way?
Simply put, emotionally focused couples therapy focuses on setting right
the negative communication patterns and stresses the importance of attachment bonding.
Family counselors have special training in familypsychology, behavioral norms and
negative communication patterns.
In fact, family counseling often teaches family members new and more positive ways to communicate to replace old,
negative communication patterns.
Working with as few as two family members, I can help you and your family resolve conflict, emotional cut - offs, and
negative communication patterns.
This negative communication pattern can be hurtful for both partners and tends to become a habit.
We have to understand
the negative communication patterns that pop up when we don't feel loved, or when we question our sense of belonging, in order to change them.
Perhaps the only way to change
a negative communication pattern characterized by stonewalling, contempt, criticism, and defensiveness is to replace kindness as your most important virtue.
The study states that couples who were unhappy with the relationship five years into their marriage had a 20 % increase in
negative communication patterns, including nagging.