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Category : General Parenting
Relationship
Counseling – How to Fighting Fairly? In any relationship worth having
conflict is bound to arise. The true test of the relationship is
whether or not you feel that it is worthwhile to resolve these
conflicts and if you are able to do so in a fair and objective way.
Rudy
and Marjorie were on the verge of divorce. Married 12 years, they had
constant verbal battles ending in what therapists call call emotional
disengagement– meaning that they simply ignored each other for days on
end.
Many
of us have negative associations with conflict. We often view it as a
red flag indicating that something is wrong with a relationship of
ours, or more commonly, with the other person we're in disagreement
with. So we look to assign blame to ourselves or someone else to locate
"the problem."
