I made this video to give prospective clients, and anyone curious about attachment-focused couples therapy, a chance to get a taste of how I, and others like me, help people feel more connected in their relationship. I only have so many hours in the week that I can actually sit with couples. I wish I […]
Relationship Tip #10: Couples Therapy Remember how your need for love is wired into your DNA? Well, in order to love and be loved, you must be seen. Not the Instagram-ready polished persona version of you, but the gloriously flawed #wokeuplikethis you. When you allow yourself to be truly seen, you invite the light of
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RELATIONSHIP TIP #9 Here’s the thing about relationships (I mean the long-term committed kind, not the two-hour flirtations): they’re friggin’ HARD. Committed intimate relationships are guaranteed to make us feel vulnerable in ways that nothing else ever will. And to make matters even more complicated? All the skills that might make you a superstar in
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Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. Start free with Figlet. You’re here with your wife. You’ve been married, you have the career, you have the kids, you have everything you’re supposed to have. It looks good. But you barely have sex anymore. That good sex life is not a part of your lives anymore. You’re
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Videos In this video, Figs and Teale share an example from their own relationship of how they got into a fight, how they de-escalated and repaired. They are married and both are couples counselors. Explore More Topics Attachment Styles (76)Breakups & Healing (40)Codependency & Boundaries (35)Communication & Conflict (153)Couples Therapy Insights (165)Emotional Health (265)Family &
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Fiachra O’Sullivan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a practice in in San Francisco. Couples counseling is tough. a lot of therapists shy away from it, but Fiachra loves it. Many couples seek therapy when they are unable to resolve issues on their own, and therapy provides a safe space for open and
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Is being cooped up with your significant other during the covid-19 pandemic getting to you yet? My wife, Teale and I are couples therapists and it took us a good four or five days to sort out the negative cycles we were getting into with each other, given our new reality. Both of us working
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What if the secret to a better relationship is not finding a better partner, but becoming one? Learning to be the partner you want to have is one of the most transformative shifts you can make in your love life. Instead of waiting for your partner to change first, you lead with the energy you
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Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. You are lying next to someone who says they love you, and something in your body will not settle. Or you sent a text three hours ago, still no reply, and your stomach is doing that thing again. Or you asked for a little more, a little closer, a
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