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Why You Go Blank During Fights With Your Partner (And Why It's Not a Communication Problem)

If you go completely blank during fights with your partner, you're not bad at communicating. Your nervous system just left the room. Here's what flooding is, how to take a break that actually works, and how couples counseling can help you get your feelings across.

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We're Not Sure We Want to Stay Together. Can Therapy Actually Help With That?

You don't have to have already decided to stay in your relationship to come to couples therapy. Some of the most useful work I do is with couples who don't know yet. Here's what that process actually looks like.

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The Four Horsemen of Relationship Conflict: And the Antidotes Gottman Research Identified

Most couples don't fall apart because they fight too much. They fall apart because of how they fight, and usually, neither person knows exactly what's going wrong. Gottman's research identified four specific patterns that predict relationship breakdown with 93.6% accuracy. Here's what they are, and what replaces them.

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Why Couples Therapy Isn't Covered by Insurance & Why It’s Still Worth It

If you've ever looked into couples therapy and felt a jolt of sticker shock when you realized insurance won't cover it, you're not alone. It's one of the most common questions we hear at Middle Way Wellness: "Why can't I use my insurance for this?"

The short answer is that insurance companies weren't designed to pay for relationship health. They were designed to pay for the treatment of individual medical diagnoses. The longer answer is a bit more nuanced, and once you understand it, the private-pay model for couples work starts to make a lot more sense.

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