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How to overcome resistance to couples therapy based on family values

My wife wants us to go to couples therapy but I grew up in a family where you worked your problems out yourself and asking for help feels like admitting we have failed at something we should be able to do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The scripts inherited from our origins can prevent access to the very resources that might free us from repeating their limitations.

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