• FOR ME, FOR YOU, FOR US: Relationship Visioning
    FOR ME, FOR YOU, FOR US Relationship Visioning by Dr. Bill If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundation Read more
  • TRAIN YOURSELF TO BE NON-DEFENSIVE
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  • DR. BILL’S INTENTIONAL RELATING FORMULA
    DR. BILL’S INTENTIONAL RELATING FORMULA All You Need to Know about Getting and Keeping a Great Relationship. Great relationships evolve from mindful awareness, psychological flexibility, self-management, and conscious and intentional choices that Read more
  • ACTIVE CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONDING
    ACTIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONDING by Bill and Robin Shearer Let’s start with a self-test. Think about your average response when your partner is talking to you. Be honest with yourself. You don’t have to Read more
  • PRACTICING DIALOGUE – and a favorite dialogue exercise
    Practicing Dialogue – and a favorite dialogue exercise by Dr. Bill and Robin Jack and Elaine do well together, but like many other couples, their occasional fights are so intensely volatile they threaten Read more
  • Two Human Qualities that Impact Relationships
    Two Human Qualities that Impact Relationships by Dr. Bill Newsflash—all humans are imperfect! Yes, you too are imperfect. All of us humans deny, distort, and falsify reality. We are good at self-deception, Read more
  • LADDERS OF INFERENCE
    Ladders of Inference By Dr. Bill Have you noticed that you feel totally loved and loving one moment, and completely caught up in fight, flight, freeze, or appease modes the next? Or Read more
  • VERBAL AIKIDO
    VERBAL AIKIDO Finding your inner smile, again, and again, and again! By Dr. Bill “Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the Read more
  • Be The Mr. Rogers of Your Relationship
    Be The Mr. Rogers of Your Relationship by Dr. Bill  Charlie and Jan were at it again. It was hard to say who started it, who was most reactive, or who Read more
  • "You Just Don't Understand Me by Dr. Bill
    “You Just Don’t Understand Me”  By Dr. Bill George is frustrated, and often depressed. He wants to tell Susan about things that upset him in their relationship, but it seems pointless. Read more
  • "Meltdown" by Dr. Bill
    “Meltdown” by Dr. Bill It was a warm sunny late June day, 1991. Robin and I were close to finishing our certification training in Imago Relationship Therapy, a very powerful and Read more
  • FINDING MY AARDVAARK
    FINDING MY AARDVARK Becca was exasperated. She wanted Andy to hear her. She wanted to be understood. She wanted him to see her point. Why was he being so difficult? She Read more
  • Your Emotional Intelligence and the Future of Your Relationship
    Your Emotional Intelligence and the Future of Your Relationship  By Couples Therapists Bill and Robin Shearer Most long-term relationships will not be successful. It's estimated that 70% to 75% of long-term relationships Read more
  • HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE
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