Communication

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How to Increase Connection in Your Relationship: Bridging the gap

How to Increase Connection in Your Relationship: Bridging the gapIneffective communication in relationships is both a cause and a symptom…

1 year ago

How Shifting from “No…” to “Oh?” Can Help Understand Your Partner’s Perspective

Responding effectively to your partnerThe initial goal of communication in any relationship is to develop understanding. Sometimes our sense of…

2 years ago

3 Listening Strategies You’ll Learn in Therapy: Part 1 of 4 Overview – Hearing Others

Often times in contemporary society we listen to respond rather than to understand. We listen until we have a rebuttal,…

3 years ago

3 Listening Strategies You’ll Learn in Therapy: Part 2 of 4 – Reflect

Skill #1 – Reflect: Think of this skill as holding up a verbal mirror to the person to whom you…

3 years ago

3 Listening Strategies You’ll Learn in Therapy: Part 3 of 4 – Be Curious

Skill #2 – Be Curious: Think of this skill as an effort to literally shift your perspective by asking questions…

3 years ago

3 Listening Strategies You’ll Learn in Therapy: Part 4 of 4 – Validate

How to validate your partner Skill #3 – Validate Think of the skill of validation as communicating to the other…

3 years ago