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If your partner recently said this to you, it probably followed years of your relationship getting more and more distant. If your partner made the above comment to you, it means you have missed many earlier warnings that something is seriously wrong in your marriage. There is help for marriages that are losing passion, connection and love. See if the items below also describe your situation:
- Are you falling out of love with your partner?
- Are you fighting and arguing too much of the time?
- Have hurtful past events damaged the trust between you and your partner?
- Are there painful communication problems in your relationship?
- Did the romance go out of your marriage after
your children were born?
Are you or your partner unhappy in your marriage? Are you concerned about loss of trust, love or attraction? In Couples Counseling, you will learn ways to repair your marriage - to restore affection, passion and respect.
I'm Don Wallach, a therapist who works with couples and individuals, helping to improve their relationships and their lives. I have been successfully guiding struggling couples to improve and repair their marriage for over 16 years. I help couples create a marriage where each partner loves, respects and listens to the other. It may be difficult to imagine, but for those who do the work of couples counseling, real change is possible.
Call me if you would like to talk to me about psychotherapy, would like to figure out how to talk to your spouse about coming with you to marriage counseling, or would like to schedule an appointment. You can reach me at either:
Sonoma County: 707-583-2305
Marin County: 415-339-7890
Therapists can be very effective at helping you improve your relationships with your partner, co-workers, friends and family. Would you like to find out more about couples therapy or individual therapy?
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Apologies that Work: "The Reparative Apology"
Apologies do not always work at repairing damaged relationships for a reason. The reason is: many people have a misunderstanding of what an apology is and what it is for. And many people avoid offering their apology because of this misunderstanding. For many people apologizing means admitting they are wrong and the other person is right. It’s an attempt to try to restore harmony in the relationship by admitting they are less than and the other person is better.
For other people it is a meaningless word...said to try to make the other person stop being angry. This version of the apology may sometimes work, but it frequently does not because it is more of a manipulation than a sincere way of communicating.
So how do you apologize if you don’t think you did anything wrong?
(to read the rest of this article).
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I have two offices in Sonoma County and two offices in Marin County:
222 Weller Street #205, Petaluma CA 94952
1044 Sir Francis Drake Blvd #1, Kentfield, CA 94904
1017 E Street #A, San Rafael, CA 94901
1023 College Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
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