Emotional Moderation

Individuals and couples who struggle with moderation express their reality at one extreme or another making it difficult for partners and others to relate to them. People who struggle with emotional moderation don’t appear to understand what a moderate reality is. They are totally involved or totally detached, totally happy or absolutely miserable. People who lack emotional moderation believe a moderate response to a situation isn’t enough, only too much is enough. This symptom manifests in different ways:

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Couples Core Negative Image Stepping Out of your "Bad Deal"

Core Negative Image or CNI is our vision of our partners in their most difficult, irrational and least loving moments. When we move into "you always" or "you never" with our partner we are no longer arguing with each other but rather our caricatured version of our partner.

leslie rootMay 23, 2017CNI, core negative image, terry real, couples counseling, couples therapy, bad deal, relationship therapy, healthy relationships, couples counseling minneapolis Comments