Keys Counseling LLC

05/30/2022

Dr. Alexander Niculescu and his team have been working to make psychiatry more precise.

08/21/2021

Come support the Dolphin House virtual 5k!

08/03/2021

04/29/2021

Connection and compassion ❤️

04/05/2021

In “The Science of Trust” Dr. John Gottman found that unprocessed negative events between partners have an enormously destructive power. According to Dr. John Gottman:

“If a couple’s negative events are not fully processed (by attunement to each other), then they are remembered and rehearsed repeatedly, turned over and over in each person’s mind. Trust begins to erode… eventually, one is staying in a relationship, but that relationship is a veritable fountain of negativity (and that) cognitive dissonance is like a stone in one’s shoe.”

Through an ongoing erosion of trust, a couple can gradually and ultimately destroy their most intimate relationships. This can lead to the Ziegarnik Effect, which in simple terms, is the propensity of human beings to remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.

For example, you and your partner love to make creative meals together but disagree on how to load the dishwasher. Over time, you begin to feel so flooded by the disagreement, you both stop communicating and avoid discussing the issue. Now, loading the dishwasher is more about not feeling understood than getting the dishes clean. Cooking together doesn't feel the same as it once did. Every time you see your kitchen, you're reminded of this past conflict, not of the lovely moments you've spent together.

If you find yourself here, Drs. John and Julie Gottman offer hope for a way out with the new Gottman Relationship Coach conflict programs: https://bit.ly/3ci5PUO

03/28/2021

"Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioral consequences."
—Dr. Dan Siegel

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03/04/2021

Research showed less need for brain to communicate between emotion and regulation centers after therapy

02/23/2021

A post made by a self aware friend:

Listening to a podcast: "When we (parents) are angry, yelling, frustrated, fighting, anxious and having an awful day - our kids will mirror those behaviors right back at us. Over time, they will become us. Becoming us takes far less time for them, then it did for us." Ouch.