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Articles on the applied positive psychology of relationships and communication based on the latest scientific insights.

Social Skills Worksheets

11 Social Skills Worksheets for Seamless Social Interactions

Perhaps you feel shy, awkward, or anxious around other people. And that’s okay. All of us, at times, experience similar feelings and find making conversation [...]

Internal Family Systems

Internal Family Systems Therapy: 8 Worksheets and Exercises

What if the idea that we each have a single personality is entirely wrong? Instead of the one-mind view, maybe you, I, and everyone else [...]

Social Skills Groups

Social Skills Support Groups: 10 Helpful Activities & Games

Have you ever met someone brimming with confidence and communication skills, and thought to yourself, ‘I want to be like them‘? Social skills can be [...]

Circular questioning

What Is Circular Questioning in Family Therapy? 20 Examples

Our mindset often becomes fixed regarding our family relationships, environment, and the obstacles in our way. Circular questioning can bring clarity and offers a valuable [...]

Countertransference

Transference vs Countertransference in Therapy: 6 Examples

For ages, the term “transference” has been associated with pathology, enmeshed boundaries, and unhealthy therapy sessions. In reality, transference occurs within the context of relationships [...]

Attachment styles

Attachment Styles in Children (& How to Raise Secure Kids)

As a parent, have you ever wondered how your child’s attachment to you would affect them as an adult? Would they become a ‘mama’s boy’ [...]

Pets and mental health

Pets & Wellbeing: 15 Benefits of Emotional Support Animals

As I write, my dog lies beside me, snoring. He’s our companion, colleague, friend, and family member. Despite ignoring most commands and eating what he [...]

Relationship therapy

Relationship Therapy Sessions: 45 Questions & Worksheets

We live in a fast-paced, consumer-oriented world in which we all too often either forget or fail to communicate effectively with our partners. Communication, as [...]

Harlow expriment

Harlow’s Monkey Experiments: 3 Findings About Attachment

Attachment theory refers to the idea that an infant is born with the biological need to have contact with their primary caregiver in the first [...]

Imago Therapy

14 Imago Therapy Worksheets, Examples, and Techniques

The morning after he received his divorce papers, Harville Hendrix was teaching a psychotherapy class when one of his students asked why relationships were so [...]

3 Positive Relationships Exercises Pack