Posted: October 10, 2022
Attachment Theory Attachment, or the attachment bond, is the emotional connection you formed as an infant with your primary caregiver. According to attachment theory, the quality of the bonding you experienced during this first relationship often determines how and how well you relate to…
Posted: October 10, 2022
The idea of Accepting Influence is to help partners find those parts of their partner’s position that they can understand and agree with. For conflicts that are not gridlocked conflicts, this acceptance of influence involves people learning that sharing or relinquishing influence is an asset…
Posted: October 10, 2022
5 Worthy’s This exercise is meant to help you build self esteem and self identity by having you become worthy of being you, of being loved by you. Instructions Write 5 things that make you worthy. These can include things you like about…
Posted: October 8, 2022
Fondness and Admiration in Everyday Life Instructions Make your own fondness and admiration checklist about your partner. As well as you can, memorize the list and rehearse it or parts of it daily. Look at the Three good things and I appreciate articles for…
Posted: October 8, 2022
3 Good Things Three Good Things (TGT) or What-Went-Well is an end-of-the-day journaling exercise to help us shed our negative bias in seeing and remembering events. It prompts us to view things more often in a positive light and helps us cultivate gratitude, increase…
Posted: October 7, 2022
The Emotional Communication Game This game is to be done in the spirit of fun and provides the partners with an opportunity to learn how to better read each other’s communications. Instructions In this game, partners take turns as sender and receiver. The…