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Learning to Speak Your Truth: Overcoming Conflict Avoidance

Jun 26, 2023
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ADVICE

Go To Therapy To Learn About Yourself

  • Do not enter couple therapy expecting to be right or to only find fault in your partner.
  • Go to therapy ready to discover things about yourself and accept painful truths.
INSIGHT

Avoiding Conflict Just Changes Its Shape

  • Conflict avoidance merely delays issues and causes passive-aggressive patterns to form.
  • Learning to speak up and then refining delivery is essential for healthier relationships.
ANECDOTE

Therapist Role-Plays To Defuse Heat

  • Their therapist role-plays each partner to defuse heat and help each hear the other's intent.
  • Garrett says the approach made him feel heard and called the therapist "the greatest" he's seen.
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