Why isn't knowing what to do enough?
You've probably read a book about this, or been told exactly what you're doing wrong. It didn't stick. Here's why, and what works instead.
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The skill: doing. Relationship Effectiveness Training.
RET is a concrete set of tools: how to really listen, how to say the hard thing without a blowup, how to resolve conflict instead of just surviving it. It's built on Thomas Gordon's principles, the same ones I trained in through Parent Effectiveness Training, and I teach it myself. You practice it rather than discuss it. It answers "what do I do?" It's necessary, but on its own it isn't enough.
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The presence: being. Experiential group work.
Knowing what to do isn't the same as doing it under pressure, when old habits kick back in. That change happens in a small group, with other men or with your partner, where the point isn't to perform insight but to change how you show up. Fifteen years running groups through the La Jolla Program taught me that men change fastest around other men doing the same work. This part answers "how do I actually become this?"
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What you can expect
Staying present when things get hard, instead of shutting down or walking out. Your partner feeling met, not managed. Naming what you want, not just what's wrong. A relationship with your kids that isn't on autopilot. None of this happens in one session. All of it is achievable.
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