What is emotion regulation and why is it important to your relationship? -- The nature of couple interactions and how they define your relationship -- Being skillful -- What you bring to the interaction -- Getting yourself oriented to being effective -- Expressing yourself effectively -- Responding to your partner: validating vs. invalidating -- How to recover from invalidating your partner, or being invalidated by your partner -- Managing problems: negotiation, not conflict -- True acceptance and closeness -- Interaction patterns: dancing all night -- Relationship self-management: putting it all together.
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