Erica and Elliott were making nice progress in couples counseling. Fewer negative incidents occurred in between our sessions. Erica wanted to work more on her...
19.012022January 11, 2022
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12.012022January 11, 2022
Filtered Conversations
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Communication, Emotional Support, Listening
Amy and Jack reported that they had a four hour “unfiltered “conversation since their last couples counseling session. I knew unfiltered was not good, e.g.,...
17.112021November 16, 2021
Lost in Translation
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Communication, Emotional Support, Needs
In our last couples counseling session, Sherry shared that she is still not getting her needs met, such as affection. She wants Dennis to ask...
29.092021September 29, 2021
Change Possibilities
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Feedback, Responses
Essential skills for successful couples are to: give good feedback and to absorb feedback. First of all, feedback is sharing the impact of a partner’s...
22.092021September 29, 2021
Correcting Perceptions
Tom was quiet at home. Donna perceived his being quiet as him thinking that he was better than her. When she brought this up at...
12.052021September 29, 2021
That’s Who You Are
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Judgement, Misperceptions, Perceptions, personalities
As they were packing the car from a ski weekend away, Will barked at his wife when she almost knocked over a box that had...
05.052021September 29, 2021
Cascading
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Cascading, Escalation, Patience, Respect
Cascading is when a couple quickly moves from one theme to another theme. The problem is that the conversation changes so quickly that the couple...
28.042021September 29, 2021
Exchanging Ideas
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Challenging, Criticism, Sharing
When a partner shares a thought or idea, be very careful about challenging that thought or idea. To do so may indicate that their thought...
21.042021September 29, 2021
Not Slipping Away
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Addiction, Communication, Recovery
When Mandy first called the office, she said that she and her husband Alex were having severe communication issues. However, in our first session, Alex...
14.042021April 1, 2021
Very Carefully
By Dr. Richard ReinIn Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationship CounselingTags Conflict, Escalation, Language
When Kate first emailed me to inquire about a scheduling a session, she wrote “Our marriage is only 4 years old and rapidly deteriorating. We...