Hold Me Tight

How to feel truly loved by your partner via principles of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy.

Suppressing/Expressing Emotions

Research has shown that suppressing your emotions pretty well shuts down communication within that relationship. Let's chat about what the findings from one study might mean for your relationship. James Gross, a scientist who studies emotion, found that when we try to suppress emotion, this is what happens: Read More

What do you make of....

What do you make of Dr. Douglas LaBier's current Psychology Today blog post suggesting that the practice of "creative indifference" would help many marriages? It seems like the opposite of what you are suggesting.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-new-resilience/201004/declining-...

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Sue Johnson is Director of the Ottawa (Canada) Couple and Family Institute and the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Her latest book is Hold Me Tight.

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