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The Couples Therapist Couch — 293 episodes

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293: Surviving Betrayal with LaDonna Carey

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292: It's Not about the Dishes with Shane Birkel

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291: Truth & Love with Shane Birkel

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290: Embracing Your Couples Therapist Identity with Susan Saint-Rossy

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289: Working with Couples Who Get Escalated with Shane Birkel

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288: Relationship Repair with Shane Birkel

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287: Relationships & AI with Trevor White

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286: Working with Trauma & Couples Therapy with Dr. Janina Fisher

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285: Intensives & Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Rebecca Jorgensen

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284: Connection: The 4 Cs in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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283: Compassion: The 4 Cs in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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282: Curiosity: The 4 Cs in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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281: Consciousness: The 4 Cs in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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280: The 4 Cs in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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279: Why Do I Keep Doing This? with Kati Morton

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278: When Weekly Couples Therapy Isn't Enough with Shane Birkel

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277: When Work Stress Impacts the Relationship with Guy Winch

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276: The Myth of Effortless Connection with Shane Birkel

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275: Internal Family Systems (IFS) & Couples with Liz Phillips

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274: 7 Steps to Move Beyond Your Painful Past with Katherine Woodward Thomas

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273: Working with Infidelity in Couples Therapy with Shane Birkel

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272: Common Sexual Issues in Couples Therapy with Adrien Monti

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271: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Rebecca Jorgensen

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270: Attachment Patterns & Secure Relationships with Jessica Baum

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269: Conscious Uncoupling with Katherine Woodward Thomas

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268: Change Your Questions, Change Your Future with Elliott Connie

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267: So Much More than Listening with Shane Birkel

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266: Enneagram & Relationships with Christa Hardin

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265: Consciousness in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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264: Parents in Love: A Guide to Great Sex After Kids with Dr. Rebecca Howard Eudy

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263: Communication in Couples Therapy with Shane Birkel

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262: Helping Couples during Their Transition to Parenthood with Kelly Bourque

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261: Healing Our Core Issues (HOCI) in Couples Therapy with Shane Birkel

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260: Wise Effort with Dr. Diana Hill

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259: Infidelity with Dr. Ellyn Bader

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258: Working with Men in Couples Therapy with Shane Birkel

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257: Emotional Repair with Andrea Dindinger

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256: Brain Science & Attachment with Dr. Dan Siegel

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255: Resentment in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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254: Boundaries & Neurobiology with Juliane Taylor Shore

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253: Relationships & Control with Shane Birkel

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252: Trauma & Relationships with Dr. Janina Fisher

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251: Compassion in Encounter-centered Transformation (EcT) with Hedy Schleifer

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250: Encounter-centered Transformation (EcT) with Hedy Schleifer

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249: Parents of Teenagers with Marie Vakakis

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248: Imposter Syndrome with Dr. Jill Stoddard

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247: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Dr. Jill Stoddard

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246: PACT Informed Couples Therapy with Michelle Garraway

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245: The Vagina Whisperer and Floored with Dr. Sara Reardon

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244: The Science of Revenge with James Kimmel, Jr.

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243: Commitment in Couples Therapy with Shane Birkel

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242: The Go-To Relationship Guide for Gay Men with Tom Bruett

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241: 'Til Stress Do Us Part with Elizabeth Earnshaw

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240: Emotional Abuse with Shane Birkel

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239: Neurodiversity & Relationships with Dr. Matt Zakreski

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238: The 3 Situations When Couples Therapy Won't Work with Shane Birkel

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237: Transformative Couples Therapy (TCT) with Dr. David Mars

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236: Trauma Bonds with Dr. Laura Copley

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235: The 5 Forces Destroying Your Relationship with Dr. Pat Love

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234: Sex & Science with Emily Nagoski, PhD

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233: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Ryan Rana

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232: Understanding Leverage in Couples Therapy with Shane Birkel

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231: Empowerment from Trauma with La Shanda Sugg

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230: Understanding Shame with Shane Birkel

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229: Co-Parenting with Karen Bonnell

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228: A Soulful Marriage with Dr. Rachel Glik

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227: Beyond Fairy Tales with Dr. Mark Karris

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226: Childhood Trauma & Relationships with Lisa Ferentz

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225: Boundaries in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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224: Understanding Emotionally Avoidant People with Shane Birkel

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223: Grief and Loss with David Kessler

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222: Emotional vs. Problem-Solving Communication with Shane Birkel

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221: EFT and Ketamine-Assisted Couples Therapy with Kathryn Rheem

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220: Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Relationships with Hilary Waller

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219: Internal Family Systems and Couples with Tammy Sollenberger

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218: Imago and Polyvagal Therapy with Hayley Hoffman

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217: Stop Trying to Be Right in Your Relationship with Shane Birkel

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216: Beyond Mars and Venus with John Gray

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215: ADHD and Couples with Anita Robertson

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214: Working with High Intensity after an Affair with Shane Birkel

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213: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment with Dr. James Hawkins

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212: Implicit Psychotherapy and Couples with Dr. Abi Blakeslee

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211: Peace and Healing in Couples Therapy with Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye

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210: Narcissism in Couples Therapy with Wendy Behary

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209: Trauma in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Kathryn Rheem

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208: Dr. Sue Johnson on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

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207: Stay or Go? With Sharon Pope

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206: Sex and Perfectionism with Tom Murray

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205: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Trauma with Leanne Campbell

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204: Stepfamily Relationships with Patricia Papernow, Part 2

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203: Stepfamily Relationships with Patricia Papernow, Part 1

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202: Psychedelics and Relationships with Guy Winch

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201: Love Every Day with Alexandra Solomon

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200: Peter Levine on Somatic Experiencing and Couples Therapy

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199: Brain Science and Relationships with Juliane Taylor Shore

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198: Solution-Oriented Approach with Couples with Bill O'Hanlon

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197: Intergenerational Trauma and Relationships with Anita Mandley

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196: Mental Health for Men with David Khalili

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195: PTSD and the Unconscious with Heawon Hake

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194: The 10 Habits of Happy Couples with Tina and Michael LeBlanc

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193: The 13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don't Do with Amy Morin

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192: Vienna Pharaon on Therapist Burnout

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191: The Key to Every Conversation in Couples Therapy

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190: Intensive EFT with Jim Thomas

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189: Healthy Conflict with Jessica Higgins

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188: Polyvagal Theory in EFT Couples Therapy with Rebecca Jorgensen

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187: Premarital Counseling with Rachel Dorneanu

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186: Stan Tatkin on Co-Constructing Your Relationship

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185: The Impact of Siblings on Your Relationship with Karen Gail Lewis

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184: Katherine Woodward Thomas on How to Evolve Beyond Your Attachment Style

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183: Systemic Trauma in Couples Therapy with Akilah Riley-Richardson

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182: Parenting Adult Children with Laurence Steinberg

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181: Is a Relationship Salvageable After an Affair with Talal Alsaleem

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180: Enneagram and Couples part 2 with Kristy Gaisford

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179: Healing from Betrayal with LaDonna Carey

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178: Trauma-Informed Couples Therapy with Irina Wen

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177: Understanding People Pleasing with Natalie Lue

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176: Using the Enneagram in Couples Therapy with Louisa Krause

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175: Working with Emotional Avoidance

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174: Eroticism in Couples Therapy with Cyndi Darnell

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173: Betrayal Recovery with Lora Cheadle

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172: Deepening Our Work with Clients and Selves with Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye

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Terry Real on Relational Life Therapy

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Bill Doherty on the Ethical Lives of Clients

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169: Somatic Experiencing and Couples with Abi Blakeslee

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168: Neurobiology and Relationships with Juliane Taylor Shore

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167: The Science of Psychotherapy with Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz

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166: Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt In The Space-Between

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165: Facing Adversity as a Therapist with Wesley Little

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164: Healing the Trauma from Supremacy Culture with Shirani Pathak

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163: Self-Esteem and Boundaries part 2 with Shane Birkel

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162: Self-Esteem and Boundaries part 1 with Shane Birkel

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161: Healing After Divorce with Kristy Gaisford and Jerry Sander

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160: Feedback Informed Treatment and Couples with Beth Irias

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159: Infidelity Recovery with Talal Alsaleem

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158: Being Bold in Couples Therapy with Pam Staples

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157: Internal Family Systems and Couples with Liz Phillips

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156: Joining Through the Truth in RLT with Shane Birkel

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155: Developmental and Relational Trauma with Rick Butts

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154: Elliott Connie on Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Couples

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153: Understanding Differentiation with Ellyn Bader

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152: A Model is Only as Good as Its Applicability with Francesca Maxime'

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151: Childhood Experience and The 5 Core Issues with Kim Ploussard

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150: What Makes Relationships Work with Jennifer Lehr

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149: Couples in Recovery with Dr. Robert Navarra

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148: Start Using EFT in Your Practice with Debi Scimeca-Diaz

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147: Mindfulness and Relationships with Melissa Sutor

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146: Dan Siegel on Brain Science, Attachment, and Relationships

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145: Viral Hope Series part 10 with TJ Walsh

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144: Viral Hope Series part 9 with James Hawkins

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143: Viral Hope Series part 8 with LaDonna Carey

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142: Viral Hope Series part 7 with Elisha and James Travis

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141: Viral Hope Series part 6 with Breta Collins

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140: Viral Hope Series part 5 with Jerry Sander

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139: Viral Hope Series Part 4 with Janeen Herskovitz

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138: Viral Hope Series part 3 with Jeanne Farnsworth

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137: Viral Hope Series part 2 with Selma Bacevac

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136: Viral Hope Series part 1 with Quentin Hafner

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135: Co-Therapy with Couples with Monique and Rick Elgersma

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134: Modern Couples Therapy with Jourdan Virginia Blue

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133: Peggy Kleinplatz on Magnificent Sex

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132: Racialized Trauma with James Hawkins

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131: Relationship Skills on the Dating Scene with Marni Feuerman

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130: Joe Kort on When the Other Woman is a Man

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129: Relational Life Therapy with Shane Birkel

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128: Race in Couples Therapy with Corey Yeager and Kirsten Lind Seal

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127: Implementing the EFT Model with James Hawkins

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126: Emily Nagoski on Sex and Science

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125: Continuing to Cope During the Quarantine with Jen Silacci

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124: Dealing with the Emotions of Online Therapy with Amber Lyda

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123: David Wexler on Counseling in the #Metoo Era

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122: Working with Infidelity and the Developmental Model with Kim Gist Miller

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121: Keeping the Hope In a Pandemic with Shane Birkel

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120: Moving Your Couples Therapy Practice Online with Clay Cockrell

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119: 5 Things Couples Therapists Should Know from a Sex Therapist with Martha Kauppi

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118: Running on Empty with Jonice Webb

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117: Where Does Masturbation Fit Into a Couple's Sex Life with Ari Tuckman

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116: Attuning to the Attachment Dilemma with Ryan Rana

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115: Janina Fisher on Working with Trauma in Couples Therapy

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114: Alexandra Solomon on Taking Sexy Back

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113: Shane Birkel on the Impact of Childhood Neglect on Relationships

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112: Dr. Pat Love on The 5 Forces Destroying Your Relationship that You Probably Never Heard Of

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111: Helen Fisher on The Anatomy of Love

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110: Alexandra Katehakis on Sex Addiction and Healthy Sex - (rerun)

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109: Janis Abrahms Spring on Healing After an Affair - (rerun)

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108: Laura Long on Marketing, Niching, Websites

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107: Removing Blocks to Success with Kine Corder

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106: Sue Johnson on Emotionally Focused Therapy

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105: Ellyn Bader on The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy - (Rerun)

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104: Gottman and RLT Comparison with Zach Brittle

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103: When HE Has a Higher Sex Drive than SHE with Susan Bratton

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102: Couples Intensive Retreats with Kerry Lusignan

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101: How to Help Your Partner Heal from an Affair with Linda MacDonald

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100: Harville Hendrix on Imago Therapy - (rerun)

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099: The Importance of Conflict for Couples with CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke

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098: Neurodiverse Couples with Grace Myhill

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097: Female Desire with Lisa Taddeo

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096: Elliott Connie on Solution Focused Brief Therapy

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095: How to Be a Functional Adult with Jan Bergstrom

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094: ADHD and Couples Therapy with Ari Tuckman

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093: Men and Communication with Robert Kandell

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092: People of Color and Couples Therapy with Dr. Angela Clack

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091: Deirdre Fay on Feeling Safely Attached

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090: Attachment Styles with Annie Chen

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089: Infertility, Postpartum Depression, and Perinatal Loss with Bina Bird

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088: Lynn Grodzki on Bringing Aspects of Coaching into Therapy

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087: Sex Talk with Erika Miley

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086: Martha Kauppi on Working with Open Relationships

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085: The 5 Stages of Relationships with Leanne Clarkson

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084: Men and Masculinity with Joseph Losi

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083: Keeping it Real with Couples with Jasmine Foulkes

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082: Wendy Behary on Working with Narcissism

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081: Healing from Heartbreak with Chautè Thompson

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080: Lori Gottlieb on Normalizing the Human Experience

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079: EFT and Attachment Injuries with Leanne Campbell and David Fairweather

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078: Stan Tatkin on Understanding Your Partner's Brain

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077: EFT and Trauma with Kathryn Rheem

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076: Couples Retreats with Rachel Zamore

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075: Using Mindfulness in Couples Therapy with Rob Fisher

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074: Lisa Ferentz on How Trauma Impacts Adult Relationships

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073: Navigating Stepfamily Situations with Karen Bonnell

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072: Psychodrama with Couples with Walter Logeman

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071: Hedy Schleifer on Creating Transformation in Couples Therapy

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070: Bill Doherty on Marital Commitment vs. Individual Happiness

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069: Tammy Nelson on Sex and Couples Therapy

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068: Emotionally Focused Therapy Training with Jill Fischer

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067: Rebecca Jorgensen on EFT and Therapist Development

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066: Allison Puryear on Building a Fantastic Couples Therapy Practice

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065: Connectfulness with Rebecca Wong

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064: Black Belt Husband with Quentin Hafner

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063: A Couple Educating Couples with Dr. Jameson and Herdyne Mercier

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062: The 5 Core Issues from Pia Mellody and RLT with Kim Ploussard

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061: EFT vs. RLT Debate with Figs O'Sullivan

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060: Relationships 101 with Signe Simon and Simone Humphrey

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059: Emotionally Focused Family Therapy with Gail Palmer

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058: The Five Losing Strategies in Relationships with Shane Birkel

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057: Tiffany McLain on The Money Mindset for Therapists

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056: Gottman and Infidelity with Jennifer Lagrotte

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055: Attachment vs. Differentiation Debate with Nathan Hardy and Adam Fisher

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054: Love Worth Making with Stephen Snyder

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053: Money Conversations and Couples with Kiné Corder

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052: Harville Hendrix on Imago Couples Therapy

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051: How to Have an Amazing First Couples Therapy Session with Shane Birkel

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050: Ian Kerner on Treating Sexual Issues in Couples Therapy

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049: Ellyn Bader on The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy

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048: Kinky Folks and Non-Traditional Couples with Heather Garner

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047: George Faller on Pursuers and Withdrawers in EFT

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046: Millennials and Gen Zs in Love with Shadeen Francis

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045: Multi-Heritage Couples with Melvin Escobar

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044: Building an Online Presence through Social Media with Dr. Julie Hanks

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043: Beyond Mars and Venus with John Gray

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042: Katherine Woodward Thomas on Conscious Uncoupling

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041: Alexandra Katehakis on Sex Addiction and Healthy Sex

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040: Polyamorous Relationships with Jonathan Burstein

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039: Lynn Grodzki on Building Your Private Practice

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038: Terry Real on Relational Life Therapy

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037: Janis Abrahms Spring on Healing After an Affair

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036: Co-Parenting through Divorce with Karen Bonnell

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035: Stan Tatkin on A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy

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034: 10 Ways to Make More Money in Your Private Practice

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033: EFT and Attachment with Anabelle Bugatti

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032: How Parenthood Impacts Relationships with Elly Taylor

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031: Premarital Counseling with Mayi Dixon

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030: Helping Couples Cope After Infidelity with Terri DiMatteo

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029: Love Your Paperwork with Maelisa Hall

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028: Exploring EFT with Jim Thomas

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027: Harriet Lerner on Apologizing

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026: Less Conflict, More Connection with Figs O'Sullivan

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025: Love is a Verb with Bill O'Hanlon

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024: Couples and Autism with Janeen Herskovitz

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023: Ernesto Segismundo on Creativity, Video, and Social Media

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022: Gay Couples with Alapaki Yee and Salvatore Garanzini

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021: True Love is not True: Relationships Take Work

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020: How to Ask About Sex in Couples Therapy with Martha Kauppi

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019: Hedy Schleifer on Encounter-centered Couples Therapy

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018: Amber Hawley on Building Your Business Community

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017: Using Gottman Interventions to Enhance Intimacy with Laura Heck

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016: Joy Harden Bradford on Being Open to the Conversation of Privilege

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015: Lori Gottlieb on Writing to Help Relationships

280

014: Addiction and Couples Therapy with Bob Navarra

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013: Law Enforcement Couples with Cyndi Doyle

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012: Building an Instagram Following with Silvy Khoucasian

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011: Pragmatic/Experiential Therapy for Couples with Brent Atkinson

284

010: Parenting Issues in Couples Therapy with Mallory Grimste

285

009: Clay Cockrell Talking Online Counseling with Couples

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008: Nazanin Moali on Sex in Couples Therapy

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007: Joe Sanok on Building a Successful Private Practice

288

006: Acceptance in Couples Therapy with Andrew Christensen

289

005: Race and Privilege with Mercedes Samudio

290

004: Discernment Counseling with Rachel Zamore

291

003: State-dependent Couples Therapy with Kerry Lusignan

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002: Bringing Couples Closer with Mark Moses

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001: The Art of Couples Therapy with Margaret Thompson