Connectedness

Would you like to borrow a book from my Practice Library? Several books are...

It can help to set up a weekly meeting with your partner. Agree to have the Couple...

At the beginning of the session with me, I asked you to complete the online safety...

Disclosing Truth after Betrayal with Dan Drake, Janice Caudill & Dr. Jake...

Asking Unhelpful Questions After Betrayal | Dr. Jake Porter Many times when we...

Derailing Conversations in Relationships Couple conversations can get derailed....

When you are the receiver in a conversation, it helps the speaker if they think...

Fallen out of love? Quite often I'm visited by a couple where one partner no longer...

This is the process to follow. There are four stages. The 'scripted phrases' act as...

It can be helpful to plan self-care after each couple session. Couple sessions can...

I've written this post to assist couples in relationships where non-consensual sex...

How can we communicate a frustration in a helpful way? One way is to use an "I...

The Couple Dialog has an additional step when used to converse about frustrations...

Control, Privacy and Healthy Boundaries If you haven’t yet been introduced to the...

When someone is suffering from Betrayal Trauma, they are typically frightened,...

When someone we love has an addiction, it's...

Horrible couple-conversations from long ago seem to bubble up sometimes. Arguments....

Couples in marriage relationships sometimes stop doing what they used to do. They...

Sometimes it can be hard to talk. Maybe you are comfortable not talking. Perhaps it...

Sometimes we may feel a strong need to talk. However, we may not have someone to...

Betrayal Trauma and Couple Communication What is betrayal trauma? When betrayal...

De-escalate the Couple Conflict Some relationship tools are helpful in...

Couples can set boundaries to make things better in the relationship. Boundaries...

What You Can Feel You Can Heal Awareness of what we feel is the first step to...

Couple Dialog can feel weird. Partly because the speaking and listening is...

The Couple Dialog may take five days of practice before you are ready to talk about the Big Issues.