I regularly sit with couples where one partner arrives armed with a stack of personal development books and a vocabulary full of therapy terms.
In the archive, the author frequently opens discussions on financial conflict by describing a specific therapy room observation.
In these sources, the author describes a highly predictable dynamic that walks into the therapy room.
In the archive, the author opens discussions on the slow death of marriages by describing a specific therapy room observation.
When a couple sits on the therapy couch, one of the most common and painful declarations they make is that they have fallen out of love.
When a couple comes into the office after a betrayal, there is usually a frantic energy in the room.
Chasing harder makes them retreat faster. The biology of one-spouse-wants-out, and what a couples therapist actually recommends instead of the things that make it worse. Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT.
The divorce went through. The regret arrived later. There is more to do than people are told. A couples therapist on what regret is actually telling you and what to do with it. Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT.
Trust is rebuilt the way value is created: by expending real energy over time. The Proof of Work protocol for after an affair, a betrayal, or a long erosion. Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT.
Most divorces fight TO the child instead of FOR the child. The Third Chair is the seat at every conversation that holds your kid’s nervous system. Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT.
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