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When family therapy feels like performing the same conflicts with an audience

My teenage daughter and I have been going to therapy together but we keep having the same fights in session that we have at home, just with a witness now. I thought having a neutral space would help us actually hear each other but we're both still so reactive and defensive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are seeking healing in shared space but unconsciously recreating the very patterns they hope to transform.

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