Welcome! You can click on the first link to access my full blog site which includes the topics that are coming up most in the therapy room or scroll down to my 5 most popular blog posts and gain direct access to your area of interest. Enjoy! http://tthompsontherapy.blog
Most Recent Blog Post
"Couples and Consideration: These Two Simple Questions will Revamp Your Relationship!"The balance of having consideration for yourself and consideration for your partner can be challenging for couples. Often, one or both partners do not feel seen and/or considered. This blog post supports couples with checking in with themselves whenever they make a decision by using this one tool of two questions. !) How am I considering myself in this decision and 2) How am I considering my partner in this decision? If you want a relationship where you and your partner feel equally valued, love, seen, and considered, check out this blog!
5 Most Popular Blog Posts
1) "Validation Do's and Don'ts" (Most Popular and a required read for current clients)
Struggling with feeling heard and understood by your partner? Does it seem like you keep having the same argument? Do you both sometimes feel as if you are speaking different languages? Does it feel like they just don't get it!? Validation does not mean you agree. What gets to be validated are the emotions you and/or your partner are experiencing. Why? because your emotions are not wrong, they are part of your humanity and get to be acknowledged. This blog will teach you how to understand validation, as well as how to validate yourself and others.
2) "Talk to Me! 6 Ways to Create Emotional Safety in your Relationship"
Don't Understand why your partner is not talking to you? Feeling unsafe to express yourself in front of your partner? Do you or your partner threaten to leave/break up? Do you wish you could have a conversation without being blamed, shamed, and made to feel wrong? Creating emotional safety in your relationship is not easy. It takes awareness of your reactions/responses, the ability to self-regulate, and the ability to hold space for your partner. This blog offers some tips and tools to help!
3) "5 Ways to Protect your Energy, Stay Hopeful and Spread Love No Matter What!"
Are you feeling overwhelmed and/or anxious by the current state of the world? Does other people's negativity bring you down? Are you having a tough time staying positive? Are you feeling increasingly disappointed in humankind? Are you looking for hope and ways to spread love regardless of what is happening in your personal life and the world around you? If so, this may be the blog for you.
4)"Triggered! The Unhealed Wound: Couples only Survive when Individuals Do Their Work"
Do you often feel triggered by your partner, as if they are pushing every button and you are finding it hard to get along? Are there times when you feel like they are intentionally trying to piss you off? Do they continually do things that make you feel unloved, unsafe, and unappreciated? This blog can support you with self-regulation and working through your triggers.
5) "Couples Your Tone May be Ruining Your Communication: Tips to Stop the Confusion"
You know how people say, “It’s not what you say, it’s HOW YOU SAY IT?” I’m here to tell you, it’s a real thing and if it keeps coming up in your relationship, I am here to offer some insight and tools!