With the release of my new book, Words That Keep Us Together, I plan to write a five-part blog series on its major principles. This will include:

1. the importance of healthy conversations;
2. the necessity of conflict management;
3. power dynamics;
4. reversing escalation; and
5. intimacy.

I will finish by connecting my approach to Dr. John Gottman’s Sound Relationship House. 

The Words That Keep Us Together approach contributes to couples counseling by emphasizing early intervention in conflict management, defining how power dynamics show up in conversations, and offering clear guidance on how feedback can reverse escalation.