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150. Couples Therapy: The Tools You Need with Dr. Orna Guralnik

We Can Do Hard Things

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What Are the Layers of Meaning in Family Therapy?

For me, there are a few layers that I listen for and assume underlie certain fights about sex, money, dishwasher. There's the one of childhood histories; how are each one in the couple reenacting childhood issues? Maurice Appreas talks about these intergenerational errands that are passed down, that still need to be resolved. That's why some family therapists start any kind of family therapy with these elaborate genograms.

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