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The Power of Pause: How Taking a Break Can Transform Relationship Conflicts
The Power of Pause: How Taking a Break Can Transform Relationship Conflicts
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Why Do I Act so Childish During Conflict?

Do you act childish during fights with your partner? You don't need to answer that, because I know you do. So does every single person on the planet, until they learn how to heal and change. Trauma is powerful, healing from trauma is even more powerful. In couples therapy you can actually heal, right in front of your partner, from the pain of your past so that the childish part of you can finally be taken care of and calm down. Your Adaptive Child does not have to come out during conflict anymore once you learn how to soothe it.

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Couples TherapyErika Labuzan-Lopezcouples therapy, couples therapy exercise, working together as a couple, communication skills, communication tools, communication, conflict, overcoming conflict, dealing with conflict, relational life therapy, adaptive child, wise adultComment