Couple Power

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Couple Power is an approach developed by clinical psychologists Phyllis Koch-Sheras and Peter Sheras for creating and maintaining profoundly fulfilling relationships. The cornerstone of the approach is the power of language and speaking to create the vision that sustains a relationship. We are not our feelings or our needs. We have the power to choose what we do and how we are in our relationships. Couple Power teaches couples how to get beyond their own individual needs and create a vision that empowers the couple as a single entity. The Couple Power approach addresses the paradox at the root of our cultural belief system: Couples are expected to commit to a long-term relationship, but they are also led to believe that happiness can only be found through self-gratification and individual achievement. This false dichotomy leads to self-indulgence and stress in relationships, and all too often ends in separation and divorce. By applying the Couple Power approach, people don't have to give up their own sense of identity. On the contrary, a couple becomes an avenue for enhancing individual personhood. Falling in love becomes an opportunity for each person to see and reinforce the best in each other, supporting a stronger sense of the self. This approach is based on principles of positive psychology which focus on reinforcing what's possible not what's wrong with a relationship. Rather than dwelling on dissatisfactions or dysfunctions of the past, couples are taught to give...

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