Category Archives: Rules

Two Therapists Talking: Rules vs Expectations

Posted on March 20, 2014 by awentherapy

In this episode of Two Therapists Talking, Jasmine St. John and I talk about the difference between acting in ways that fit with your partners expectations versus requiring lots of rules to micromanage behavior. If you have questions or a … Continue reading →

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What’s Good for the Goose…

Posted on November 19, 2013 by awentherapy

A friend shared the following article by Emma Gray (via The Huffington Post) titled 23 Things Every Woman Should Stop Doing with me. She loved the article, as do I. Her most interesting comment was that she thought this advice applied to … Continue reading →

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Expectations, Rules and Patterns

Posted on September 4, 2012 by awentherapy

A client recently sent me a blog post about rules versus expectations.  It contained a lot of what I agree with.  Basically expectations are the general assumptions we make about other people…about how they will behave in certain situations.  Things … Continue reading →

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