What we want to do is really find effective and efficient ways to bring up concerns that draws your partner close, and show up for each other in difficult moments. It’s all about how to communicate in a way that is not guarded and defensive.
– Jennine Estes Powell, LMFT
We have a saying in therapy: safety is sexy. Because if we don’t feel safe with our partners, we’re not going ot be be able to show up in the vulnerbale ways that research says creates healthy, happy connections. If it’s not safe to unzip ourselves and show our softest parters, it’s going to be hard to have that emotional connection.
– Jacqueline Wielick, LMFT
What are the stages of Emotionally Focused Therapy? How important is safety in our relationships? What can couples do to reduce conflict?
Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week’s episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews both the therapists and coauthors Jennine Estes Powell, and Jacqueline Wielick on Helping High-Conflict Couples.
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About the Guests:
Jennine Estes Powell, LMFT, is founder of Estes Therapy, a group practice working with all aspects of relationships. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified in emotionally focused therapy (EFT), and specializes in training therapists to work with couples.
Jacqueline Wielick, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of her own private practice, Therapy by Jackie. She specializes in working with couples, relationships, emotions, trauma, and attachment, and has advanced training in EFT and other research-based theories.
Their book is: Help for High-Conflict Couples: Using Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Science of Attachment to Build Lasting Connection.
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- https://HelpForHighConflictCouples.com
- https://www.jackiewielick.com/
- https://estestherapy.com
- https://jenninepowell.com
- https://instagram.com/estes_therapy
- https://www.instagram.com/jacquelinejeannew/
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