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This week’s blog is focusing on the different characteristics of a dysfunctional couple. Today we will finish up with the final characteristics:
14. It is easier to blame our partners than it is to accept our own responsibility.
15. We deal with conflict by getting totally out of control or not arguing at all.
16. We experience ourselves as inadequate parents.
17. We are ashamed of ourselves as a couple.
18. We repeat patterns of dysfunction from our families of origin.
Did you recognize any of the characteristics in your relationship? This could be a great tool for gaining better understanding of areas to improve in relationships! Thank you so much for joining us this week.
References: Recovering Couples Anonymous http://www.recovering-couples.org/
Joleen Watson, MS, NCC, is a therapist at Imagine Hope Counseling Group. She enjoys doing marriage counseling, relationship counseling, couples counseling, and individual counseling. Imagine Hope also specializes in family, child and adolescent counseling and serves Indianapolis area including the surrounding areas of Carmel, Noblesville, Zionsville, Westfield, and Fishers.
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I’ve often been told & read that God built us to be in relationships. Whether those relationships are familial, friendships, or romantic relationships. Sometimes those relationships can be dysfunctional, tearing down our own self-esteem and self-worth. We’ve taken the characteristics of dysfunctional relationships from Recovering Couples Anonymous to help others see if their relationship may need some help.
You might be a Dysfunctional Couple if:
5. Being enmeshed and totally dependent with each other is perceived as being in love.
6. We find it difficult to ask for what we need, both individually and as a couple.
7. Being insecure is equal to being intimate.
8. We either avoid our problems or feel we are individually responsible for solving the problems we have as a couple.
9. We believe that we must agree on everything.
If you see yourself in any of these, then I encourage you to have a conversation with your significant other to start making some healthy changes. If professional help is needed, we’re always here to inspire hope! Thanks for reading, stay tuned for 9 more characteristics.
Written by: Tamara Wilhelm MA, LMHC
*Tamara enjoys doing marriage counseling, individual counseling, & couples counseling at Imagine Hope. We also specialize in family counseling, child & adolescent counseling. Imagine Hope serves the Indianapolis area, including the surrounding areas of Carmel, Noblesville, Zionsville, Westfield & Fishers.
Tags: dysfunctional couples, Recovering Couples Anonymous
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What does it mean to be a dysfunctional couple? You might be wondering if you’re in one! This week we are writing about the characteristics of dysfunctional couples as provided by Recovering Couples Anonymous to help you understand red flags in relationships. These 18 traits will help you evaluate where your relationship needs improvement and if it would benefit you to reach out to a professional for help.
You might be a Dysfunctional Couple if:
- Being together and unhappy is safer than being alone.
- It is safer to be with other people than it is to be alone and intimate with my partner.
- If I really let my partner know what I’ve done or what I’m feeling and thinking (who I am), he/she will leave.
- It is easier to avoid, hide or medicate our feelings (through addictive/compulsive behavior) than it is to express them.
Do you and your partner relate to any of these traits? If so, it’s time to talk through things and get on the right track to a healthy relationship! Keep reading all week for more characteristics!
Written by Teri Claassen MSW, LCSW
Teri Claassen MSW, LCSW is a licensed therapist at Imagine Hope Counseling Group. Teri enjoys doing marriage counseling, individual counseling, couples and relationship counseling. Teri also does family counseling, child counseling, and adolescent counseling. Imagine Hope serves the Indianapolis area, including the surrounding areas of Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Zionsville, and Westfield.
Tags: Recovering Couples Anonymous
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