What Healthy Couples Know That You Don't: Relationship Advice and Respect
Rhoda Sommer LCSW
Relationships matter. Do you want to know the nitty gritty of what makes a relationship work? Get your answers to relationship questions. Learn how to keep respect alive & well, because lack of respect is why people get divorced. Learn what builds trust & how to recover from infidelity, drama or codependency. Advice from psychotherapist Rhoda Sommer based on over 35 years of working with couples. www.therapyideas.net
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Dec 29, 2015 • 15min
#15 How to Approach Problems in a Relationship
How do you approach hard topics in a relationship? You will learn 4 specific ways to communicate about problems. It’s important to dialogue not have parallel monologues.
Nov 30, 2015 • 10min
Obsessive Partners Can Be Annoying in Relationships
Obsessiveness can crowd & suffocate the other partner. Obsessiveness is because of anxiety. Obsessive people can be full of “shoulds” & being correct which can lead to self-righteousness.
Nov 5, 2015 • 13min
Emotional Truths Revealed In The Affair on Showtime
Season 2 of The Affair on Showtime is rich with the emotional truths about the delicate & complicated dance of connections & disconnections in relationships.
Oct 19, 2015 • 10min
Relationships After Addictions Recovery
Relationships disintegrate too often after recovery from addictions. Learn how to avoid triggering shame in the partner in recovery to have greater success.
Oct 2, 2015 • 9min
Manipulation & The Drama Triangle Part 2
Drama triangles are often a source of manipulation in relationships. If you want to be loved no matter what or prevent disagreement then you are manipulating.
Sep 15, 2015 • 8min
Manipulation & Relationships Part 1
Manipulation requires both the manipulated & the manipulator. Both play their part. Listen to understand the dynamics of emotional manipulation since everybody manipulates to get what they want.
Aug 30, 2015 • 9min
Communication & Connection Part 2
Communication builds on trust. Avoiding important conversations evaporates trust. Trust builds on Truth.
Aug 11, 2015 • 8min
Communication, want to Fix it?
What lies underneath communication problems are power struggles. Someone has to win, someone has to lose.
Jul 27, 2015 • 10min
How to Argue Better
To fight better learn to acknowledge two points of view, how to be vulnerable & more respectful.
Jul 14, 2015 • 7min
Missing Out on Sex?
Partners stop having sex & don’t even talk about it. This episode explores why sex is missing in relationships.
