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When couples therapy becomes performance instead of healing

My wife and I have been in couples therapy for eight months and we've gotten really good at using the language but I'm starting to feel like we're performing our relationship for our therapist instead of actually living it together.

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The tools meant to create authentic connection are being used to avoid the vulnerability that genuine intimacy requires.

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