i feel hurt
i feel hurt i get that you feel hurt i feel hurt i get that you feel hurt I FEEL HURT!!!! i get that you feel hurt
what’s the feeling behind the question
That’s what Judye Hesse, one of my teachers at CIIS, used to say. And she attributes it to Will Schutz and the T-group people. Be wary of the tendency to ask questions. Such
i feel like…
Feelings versus Thoughts I feel like … I feel that … I feel as if … I feel like you are …. How do you feel when you have that thought ?
empathy only goes so far
I can give you empathy, but I don’t think your problems will go away … until you want to stop blaming … until you are ready to put aside your ideas of how your pa
clearing
Sometimes people want to tell their partners how much they feel hurt. I figure they want empathy. So I can mediate a discussion. It’s all calm-like and everything’s stated in p
stretching
I hear what you’re saying, … but … it’s just that … Miki Kashtan from the Bay Area Chapter of the Center for Nonviolent Communication talks about list
you know best for your partner
Sometimes it helps to share what you think is going on, because it might relate to why you’re reacting and what you’re feeling. I like how Terrence Real encourages us t
change happens
I think that no matter what we do or don’t do, change will happen. In the direction of something positive. Maybe it won’t look like that on the micro level, but I think
my issues
A good friend once said defiantly, “they’re my issues. I don’t have to work on them if I don’t want to!” I was thrown off by the concept but I thought
change this person for me
Sometimes people come to therapy for help changing their partner because they haven’t had any luck so far.