How can we create a relationship that lasts? On this episode, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson lean on Rick’s 35+ years of couples counseling to explore how we can build relationships that are loving, healthy, enjoyable, and reliable. This includes learning the structure of most relationship problems, how to make vulnerable communications, and how to stay open to change.
Key Topics:
- 0:00: Introduction
- 2:15: What issues brought couples into therapy most often?
- 4:50: The structure of most relationship problems
- 12:30: Giving your partner what they need
- 15:30: What differentiated couples that improved from those that didn’t?
- 21:15: Skills that increase the chances of building a good relationship
- 21:45: Loving vs. liking
- 25:00: Deliberately activating feelings of “liking”
- 27:00: Getting “on the side” of the relationship
- 31:10: How to make a vulnerable communication
- 39:15: Openness to change
- 43:40: Three red flags in relationships
- 46:00: Practices to deepen your relationship with your partner
- 54:30: Recap
