According to research published in 2011, couples therapy assists more than 70% of couples. Fight, flight, or freeze are the three basic expressions of our survival response, and each can be critical to our survival in situations where our lives are actually at peril. However, when survival responses are triggered by typical interpersonal conflict in the  absence of actual survival threats, these responses may cause more issues than they solve.

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In interpersonal conflict, the “fight” response might take the form of anger/yelling, blaming, criticising, or running after. “Flight” might take the form of walking away/storming off or emotionally retreating. And “freeze” means shutting down, becoming numb, or not experiencing anything. All of these behaviours are natural during marital dispute, but if the become the norm, they will impede your ability to feel connected, heard, and understood in your relationship. In survival mode, we become detached from the regions of our brain that enable us to think through problems, connect, and communicate successfully. In our virtual sessions, we will help a couple uncover underlying relationship challenges, enhance communication, intimacy, and build conflict resolution and mutual support skills.

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