Showing posts with label defensiveness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label defensiveness. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Relationships: How to Respond in a Supportive Way to Your Partner's Emotional Vulnerability

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Many people in relationships don't know how to respond to their partner's emotional vulnerability. This is significant because  vuln...
Monday, October 7, 2024

What Are Gottman's 5 Types of Couples?

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Dr. John Gottman, world renowned relationship expert, has conducted relationship research for over 40 years. He is best known for predicting...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Improving Communication in Your Relationship: How to Stop "Kitchen Sinking" Your Partner

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In my prior article about improving communication in a relationship,  What's the Difference Between Complaining and Criticizing?  , I fo...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Improving Communication in Your Relationship: What's the Difference Between Complaining and Criticizing?

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In an earlier article I discussed how to  Improve Communication in Your Relationship By Eliminating the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse . If...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Understanding Internal and External Psychological Defense Mechanisms - Part 2

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In a prior article , I began a discussion by describing internal and external psychological defense mechanisms.  To illustrate the points th...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Understanding Internal and External Psychological Defense Mechanisms - Part 1

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I have discussed defense mechanisms in prior articles, including: Overcoming Your Fear of Allowing Yourself to Feel Your Sadness Seeing...