self-absorbed partners

Update on Couples Conference 2015

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This year’s Couples Conference has come and gone. Happily, it turned out to be another dynamic meeting filled with therapists from many countries as well

Creating Intrapsychic Change in Self-Absorbed Partners

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In my previous blog, I started showing you the elegance of using Gestalt two-chair work to transform self-absorbed parts of your clients. With self-absorbed partners,

Intrapsychic Impasses with Self-Absorbed Partners

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We’ve been on a journey together exploring the external behavior of self-absorbed partners. And although they often mislead therapists with detours and distractions, we’ve stayed

The Self-Absorbed Partner, Video Two

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Click here to better understand the many challenges self-absorbed partners create for couples therapists. Here’s what you’ll learn: what happens when attention is not focused