Life Therapy Education

A Couple Learning the Nine Relationship Skills John and Julie Gottman, the developers of the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy, identified nine relationship skills that happy couples frequently practice. The training I received from them validated and strengthened the happiness that my wife and I have together. It also helped me teach other couples these nine skills. The couples who learned and…

An Online Client Learning about Therapy as a Verb Life Therapy Education (LTE) is a complete re-visioning of the meaning of three things: therapy, being human, and life. It re-visions therapy in its original meaning as a verb instead of an abstract noun. Life Therapy Education also re-visions being human in terms of being a holon. Being a human holon goes far beyond the common dualistic…

AH HA! Moments of Insight Bring Healing that Improve Your Mental Health What’s an Insight? An insight is an AH HA! moment that instantly heals and improves your mental health. It’s a flash that comes into your mind from outside. When that AH HA! flash of insight comes, it instantly shows you what you’ve been doing that doesn’t work and what you need to do instead. When it shows you what you…

Anxiety is Unpleasant and Your Friend Anxiety is Your Friend No one enjoys anxiety. It’s an unpleasant emotion to feel. At its heart, anxiety is fear. Sometimes we know what’s stirring up that fear, and sometimes we have no idea why we’re feeling anxious. We just know our heart is beating faster. Our muscles are tense. We’re short of breath. And sometimes we sweat. Despite how unpleasant…

What Causes Your Anxiety? The two main causes of anxiety are experience-based and mind-based stimuli. Experience-based stimuli are upstirrings of anxiety caused by what you actually see or hear. They can be threats to your life or someone else’s and can be witnessed by others. Mind-based stimuli are upstirrings of anxiety caused by your thoughts and beliefs. They only affect you and can’t be…

We All Have Wounds that Distress Us Emotionally When we are born, we naturally aspire toward life, health, and happiness. Our happiness is in fulfilling the life-affirming desires of our heart and realizing our dream. However, during our life, we all experience wounds that cause emotional distress. These wounds produce symptoms of anxiety, depression, physical pain, mental confusion, and…

The Meaning of Life In the context of Life Therapy Education, the meaning of life is fourfold. Life is a condition, a time period, a story, and an animating force. The Meaning of Life as a Condition Wonder of wonders! Mystery of mysteries! You are alive rather than not! Take in the profound mystery of the mere fact that you are alive and be wondered by it! You are alive at this time, in this…

You can start feeling better today.

https://markwneville.com/marriage-counseling-relationship-counseling-couples-therapy-my-approach-part-2/

I’m often asked about my approach to marriage counseling, relationship counseling, or couples therapy. Here is a link to a two-part blog post about my approach:

#marriagecounseling #couplestherapy #relationshipcounseling #conflictmanagement #relationshipimprovement #maritalconflict #marriageproblems #relationshipproblems #gottmanmethod

#anxiety #holidaygrief #depression #survivingchristmas #christmas #markwneville #lifetherapy