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The Couple Quiz
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- If my partner listened and responded to my concerns most of our problems would be resolved.
You Said "False:" You may already know what research shows: most couple problems aren’t about who is right and who is wrong.* In fact we have such different preferences, different things that seem right to us, and different ways of seeing things that we can get stuck working out how to live life together. If you can remember this when you are in counseling you’ll be able to use the help you get to be even more effective in changing your relationship for the better.
- When I get angry I say things or do things that I regret later. True False
*Gottman, J.M. (2002). Building the sound marital house: An empirically derived couple therapy. In A. Gurman & N. Jacobson (Ed.), Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy. New Yourk, Guilford Press.
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