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I’ve been a marriage therapist for over 15 years. My specialty is Communication/Conflict Resolution and Sexual Intimacy. My book “Turning Conflict Into Closeness” is a book for couples to turn the inevitable conflict that happens in marriage and transform that conflict into closeness. It’s not just a “feel-good” book like you got a hug from your friend. It’s a fun, and serious “how-to” book that creates lasting change through committing to the principles and practices of communication strategies that work. The book has 7 proven principles. There are three sections. The first section is devoted to teaching the reader how to bring up issues that miff, bug, bother or disappoint in a way that increases the likelihood of creating change. The second section is devoted to staying cool, calm, collected and composed when your spouse is critical, condemning, or cold. The third section is devoted to resolving conflict for good. Each and every principle is strategically designed to create self confidence and closeness in the relationship.
The communication skills I challenge you to commit to include:
• Assuming Good Intent,
• Defining and Accepting Reality,
• Communicating with the Desired Outcome In
Mind,
• Clear, Direct, and Sensitive Communication,
• Killing Criticism
• Fencing Conflict
• Disarming Landmines.
