While therapy doesn't offer guarantees, it does offer the possibility of change.
A reviewer said...
After more than 40 years as a couple therapist, Jake Thiessen has learned that lasting relationship change rarely comes from a single big gesture — it comes from tiny shifts, applied consistently. In nearly 80 short, standalone essays, Tiny Shifts offers grounded, jargon-free insight into why couples get stuck and how they get unstuck — from decoding "stupid" arguments to breaking the pursuer-distancer cycle to holding the paradoxes at the heart of every intimate relationship. Winner of an IBPA Silver Medal and a starred Kirkus review, this is a book meant to be reread — pick it up whenever your relationship needs a fresh perspective, and put its insights to work immediately.
MY PERSPECTIVE
A starting place...
I've been working with couples for over 45 years. The older I get the more obvious it is to me that our flaws create a path to the deepest connection because they offer the possibility of acceptance.
The way forward...
Perfection offers no entry point. Whatever effort we make to appear seamless is just so much denial of reality. Genuine relationships are built on the acceptance of our flaws, not on their absence.
Services
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SIMPLE ADVICE FOR COUPLES
Sometimes all you need is a little advice that nudges you in a better direction.
It doesn't necessarily take a big intervention or a dramatic insight to change the direction of an intimate relationship. Sometimes a tiny step is all that's needed. Simple Advice for Couples offers tiny, usually easily implemented, suggestions for improving your relationship life.
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