The “Maternalizing Dynamic” in Romantic Relationships
Listen to the entire article: I often work with women in my practice who characterize a very distinct shift in their romantic relationships. This shift occurs rather gradually and insidiously but when its underlying dynamics are fully operative, the...
“Attachment Love” vs. “Erotic Love”
Listen to the entire article: In my work with patients who struggle in their romantic relationships, a common theme that emerges involves a relationship tendency I like to characterize as “attachment love” — which is distinct from the more...
Identity in Motion: What Tectonic Plates Can Teach Us about the Human Condition
A Session with Laura It is an early Friday morning. Not yet the end of winter, the marine layer hovers above the Pacific Ocean, concealing the sun. Though I am wearing a light sweater, I find myself still a bit chilled as I listen to Laura*, a psychotherapy...
The Programming of Our Relational Lives
Why do we do what we do in our relationships, often to our own detriment, even when we know what we’re doing is self-sabotaging? The answer is that we are literally “programmed” to act in ways that are, in essence, automatic — and we...
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