News and Commentary from one of Torrance’s leading therapists.
Where do your beliefs about your relationship come from? Oftentimes, we repeat the same fight in subtly different ways throughout our relationship because of things we have not worked out in our past. Partners can make us feel anxious by stirring up “forbidden parts” of ourselves. Sometimes our partners have – or appear to have – the same negative traits as our parents. Partners can project their own negative traits on each other, as well. There are also internal conscious and unconscious struggles that serve as a filter for our behavior.
Reply to this blog and let us know what your number one or two most important beliefs about your relationships are. In next month’s newsletter, we’ll share the results. If you change your mind about what they are, you can, let us know. Let’s keep an “open dialogue.”
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