By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people!
In the mass media, love is typically dished up as an endless celebration of brand new, gloriously uncomplicated ardor. But the fact is that most of us are pitifully unprepared for life after infatuation...
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The dirty little secret in our field is that couples work may be the hardest form of therapy...
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Even today many therapists tip-toe around the subject of infidelity...
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Since the days of Freud, our consulting rooms have been a place designated for straight talk about sexuality, where, presumably, psychological enlightenment could be counted on to prevail over the dark forces of repression...
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Every therapist who works with couples inevitably works with sexual issues...
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The most critical life decision most therapists deal with in their everyday practice is helping couples decide whether to dissolve a marriage or try to save it...
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If most individuals and their problems are complex and difficult, what general conclusions can possibly be drawn about treating the average marriage in trouble?...
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From its very beginnings, therapy has almost always consisted primarily of talk, evolving from slow, ruminative talk during the heyday of psychodynamic practice to the faster-paced, therapist-directed, make-it-happen talk required in the 6 to 10 sessions that are now the norm...
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