Intimate Relationship Conflicts

• Are you and your partner arguing continually?
• Do you lack communication with your partner?
• Are you experiencing a pattern of angry projection of responsibility for conflicts onto your partner?
• Are you separated?
• Is there a pending divorce?
• Are you involved in multiple intimate relationships at one time?
• Is there physical, verbal, or emotional abuse in your relationship?
• Are you experiencing a pattern of superficial or absent communication - infrequent or no sexual contact - excessive involvement in activities (work or recreation) that allows for avoidance of closeness to your partner?
• Are you experiencing a pattern of repeated broken, conflictual relationships due to personal deficiencies in problem-solving, maintaining a trust relationship, or choosing abusive or dysfunctional partners?

• Accept the termination of the relationship?
• Develop the necessary skills for effective, open communication, mutually satisfying, sexual intimacy, and enjoyable time for companionship within the relationship?
• Increase awareness of your own role in the relationship conflicts?
• Learn to identify escalating behaviors that lead to abuse?
• Make a commitment to one intimate relationship at a time?
• Rebuild positive self-image after acceptance of the rejection associated with the broken relationship?