Neurodivergent couples often arrive in therapy with the same painful loop: • “We love each other… but we keep hurting each other.” • “We’re great until stress hits—then everything falls apart.” • “It feels like we’re speaking different languages.” And the heartbreaking part? Both people are usually trying so hard . In many relationships, the real issue isn’t a lack of love or effort. It’s a mismatch between two nervous systems , two communication styles , and the invisible

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Working with complex clients can quietly invite an understandable fantasy: If I get the formulation right, if I find the right modality, if I stay steady enough… I can carry them through. It often comes from care, not ego. Many of us entered this work because we genuinely can’t bear unnecessary suffering. But here’s the tension: the more responsibility we take for a client’s progress, the more accountable we become when progress stalls, reverses, or fractures. If we’re not ca

A new approach to managing difficult emotions through radical open dialectical behaviour therapy

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