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10.022021December 2, 2020

Repairing Repairs

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples CounselingTags Awareness, Blame, Defensiveness, Repairs

Repairs are one of the most difficult skills for couples to learn and implement. Repairs are when a conversation begins to go off track but...

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03.022021December 2, 2020

Listen

By Dr. Richard ReinIn UncategorizedTags Communication, Subtleties

Lauren and Anthony generally have a great relationship. They love each other deeply but struggle with communication. Their challenge is that communication difficulties are subtle,...

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27.012021December 2, 2020

Read the Room

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Attacks, Defensiveness

Jack and Eileen were arguing at home when Jack attacked Eileen, Eileen reacted, and Jack said, “Let’s end this.” When they processed this interaction in...

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20.012021December 2, 2020

What I Need

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Criticism, Needs

Sue took issue with Jeremy calling her useless. She began to criticize him for name-calling when I stopped her. I suggested that rather than pointing...

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13.012021December 2, 2020

Transparency

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Marriage CounselingTags Depression, Transparency, Vulnerability

Christie discovered that Connor was calling another woman. Since Connor had a history of not being honest, this made the issue even more problematic. Connor...

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06.012021December 2, 2020

Silent Rage

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples CounselingTags Criticism, Fear, Rage, Silence

Alex and Courtney are an engaged couple in their early thirties, living together in the city. One evening Alex was hoping to hang out with...

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16.122020December 2, 2020

Feedforward

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples CounselingTags Feedback, Feedforward, Needs

When couples give feedback to one other, it tends to be negative. The information typically describes what their partner is doing wrong—which is often critical....

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09.122020December 2, 2020

Capacity for Change

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Marriage CounselingTags Change, Reconciliation

A client was describing being estranged from his sister. Any consideration of reconciliation was non-existent. The sister was written off. It made me think about...

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02.122020December 2, 2020

Not a Smart Idea

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples CounselingTags Responses, Zingers

Andrea and Ron were enjoying their long weekend at the beach when Andrea was feeling adventurous. Despite it being dark out, Andrea said, “Let’s go...

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17.112020November 17, 2020

What’s Wrong? Nothing.

By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples CounselingTags Looping, Responses

Debbie is pretty intuitive and was sensing something was bothering Chris. When she asked, “What’s wrong?”, he said, “Nothing.” She asked again and his response...

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