‘DEFENSIVENESS’ IS OFFENSIVE Goal to Help Children Led to Specializing in Couples Therapy By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter Defensiveness is one of the “4 Horsemen” that are predictors of relationship dissolution, according to marriage expert Dr. John Gottman.
A PROPER AND MEANINGFUL WAY TO SAY ‘I’M SORRY’ Successful Couples Master the Art of Apology By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter The way you apologize after hurting your loved one determines whether healing will occur or hurtful feelings
WHAT UNHAPPY AND HAPPY COUPLES TEACH US Elevate Your Love By Learning New Behaviors Elevate Your Love By Learning New Behaviors “If only I had known …. .” That is often the sentiment of divorced couples or couples in distressed relationships. As a marriage therapist
A criticism may sound like this: “You never want to do anything with me or join me in things that I enjoy doing. You’re just inconsiderate and selfish.” Criticism attacks the character of the person, and it can aggressively spiral downward into larger, more difficult-to-repair
WHY I BECAME A GOTTMAN COUPLES THERAPIST By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter Whenever friends and clients ask me to recommend a couples weekend workshop, I always refer them to the Art and Science of Love, a couples workshop
HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM OR MY SPOUSE IS AN INTIMACY ANOREXIC? By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter The following questions are used to assess whether or not a person is an intimacy anorexic. 1. Would your
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE WITH A SEX ADDICT FROM A PARTNER’S PERSPECTIVE? By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter Partners living with a sex addicts often describe: Feelings of intense loneliness, distancing, confusion, deep hurt, and even betrayal.
GRIDLOCK STOPPING YOU IN YOUR TRACKS? Turn Gridlock Into Meaningful Dialogue By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter Let’s de-clutter our lives of relationship gridlock — the perpetual arguments and contentiousness that stops us from moving forward in our most
DON’T GET ON THAT HORSE! Criticism, One of the Four Horsemen. “Stay grounded,” I said to the couple in my office. “Don’t get on that horse.” What horse was in my third-floor office? This time it was Criticism, one of the Four Horsemen identified by
6 STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING CONFLICT IN YOUR MARRIAGE “Less of Who You Should be, More of Who You Are.” By Caralee Frederic, LCSW | Certified Gottman Therapist | Couples Workshop Presenter I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Verilymag.com, a women’s fashion and lifestyle
