The communication and actions taken by each person in a relationship intertwine to either create either closeness or disharmony and distance. Each person reacts to the other in habitual ways. They each continue to do more of the same in reaction to a situation, creating a communication spiral which is either generative or degenerative. Some examples of degenerative spirals may be: If a wife … [Read more...] about Taking Positive Steps in Your Relationship
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Couples Counselling : Would You Rather Be Right or Loved? How to Communicate in your relationship
Communication Miracles for Couples is a wonderful book written by Jonathan Robinson. In this book he shares tools which can create communication miracles in your relationship. Robinson believes that we all want the same thing: Acknowledgment, Appreciation and Acceptance These three ingredients convey love between two people. If you provide acknowledgement, appreciation and acceptance to your … [Read more...] about Couples Counselling : Would You Rather Be Right or Loved? How to Communicate in your relationship
Counselling at its Optimum
Carl Rogers, the father of person-centred therapy, revolutionised counselling and psychotherapy. Roger's articulated a philosophy of being. His main hypothesis was that "Individuals have within themselves vast resources for self-understanding and for altering their self-concepts, basic attitudes, and self-directed behaviour; these resources can be tapped if a definable climate of facilitative … [Read more...] about Counselling at its Optimum