The Relationship Beneath the Conflict
Why Recurring Problems May Signal That a Couple Has Reached a Developmental Turning Point James Tobin, Ph.D. Couples often enter therapy because they have reached a conflict, distance, or impasse they can no longer resolve. The Inflection Model considers another...
The Patient Between Therapists
What Clinicians Can Learn When They See the Same Patient Differently James Tobin, Ph.D. When clinicians—such as individual and couples therapists, psychiatrists, or other treating professionals—consult with one another about a shared patient, they may discover that...
Difficult Conversations in Relationships: Why Couples Avoid Them
Difficult Conversations in Relationships: Why Couples Avoid Them KEY POINTS Couples often struggle not because they have stopped communicating, but because certain important experiences have become increasingly difficult to bring into the relationship. Every long-term...
Where Meaning Waits –
Psychotherapy and the Organization of Experience James Tobin, Ph.D. Nothing New Happened Several years ago, a patient whom I will call David came to therapy following the unexpected death of his father. He wanted to understand why his grief felt strangely muted. He...
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