Relationships - Problem Solving and the Emotional Connection Space

There are so many moments of opportunity for productive collaborative problem solving. What often happens to the detriment of relationships is when people jump in to that problem solving space at the expense of the emotional connection space. "I can't even tell you how many couples I've worked with and couples therapy or relationship coaching where we had to stay a while on helping people understand how those efforts are actually received by their partner," she says.