Couples Counseling For Parents

"Just Relax!"-When Your Partner's Stress Stresses You Out

March 01, 2022 Dr. Stephen Mitchell and Erin Mitchell, MACP Season 1 Episode 12
Couples Counseling For Parents
"Just Relax!"-When Your Partner's Stress Stresses You Out
Show Notes

Everyone copes differently with stress. But when your partner copes with stress differently it can get messy. The difference can get parenting partners in a tug of war that says, “If you would respond to stress the way I do you would feel better.” But what partners are really saying to each other is, “If you would respond to stress the way I do I would feel better.” Dr. Stephen Mitchell and Erin Mitchell, MACP address this all too common dynamic for parenting partners and give 4 tips for working through this conflict.