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Building lasting long term relationships
Dr Fisher, a biological anthropologist researcher, has some interesting things to say about the changing nature of dating and some very helpful tips for sustaining long term relationships. Her top tips for long term partnerships: Novelty is very important for couples to keep the relationship enlivened Sex is good for us Stay physically connected to […]
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Hope
Hope is important for the change process. Couples often have different levels of hope about improving their relationship. It’s important that the therapist act as a hope coach for the couple who want to improve their relationship. While the therapist is working for the relationship, it’s important that the couple are equally committed to the […]
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Welcome Home Hug
The welcome home hug is one of the best ways to help a couple recalibrate after separation. Lots of research has gone into understanding how a full body hug helps to calm our nervous system down–that way, we are less likely to get reactive as we readjust to each other after separation. It doesn’t sound […]
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Awareness
Relationship counselling involves paying attention to your partner. We start to operate on autopilot once our relationship is established and we can end up stopping paying real attention to each other. We take each other for granted and the freshness-and-novelty factor starts to diminish. The process of working in the psychobiological mode is tuning in […]
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