• Where did the love go?

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    IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS since John and Carol have made love. Two years. As Carol grabbed her novel and headed for bed, she wondered where the time goes. It was getting harder to hang on to what used to be, and she had no desire to keep living like this. . .
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  • Making the First Move

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    THE FIRST MOVE IS UP TO YOU. But you know counseling just for you is not going to fix things. Not when your partner is so much of the problem. The solution lies in your changing damaging patterns or interaction in your relationship. These changes will MOTIVATE YOUR PARTNER to work with you. You will need the guidance of a coach who can teach you, specifically, what to do with your partner. You are the only one who can. And I know you can.
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  • 1 Month Coaching Package

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    PURCHASE OUR MOST POPULAR TRIAL COACHING PACKAGE FOR $95 ($3.17 per day). IN ONE DAY you can shift from reactivity to pro-activity by completing a relationship assessment. IN ONE WEEK you can create a plan with Dr. Ito, in your own coaching session. AND FOR ONE MONTH you can email your big and little questions to Dr. Ito as often as every day.
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Having a partner who is controlling, critical, unfaithful, or withdrawn is like being a dog inside an electric fence.

After receiving a couple of shocks, the dog won’t go near the fence again.

I work with people who have been zapped repeatedly in their attempts to have a good relationship with their partner.  I don’t teach them how to escape the fence–I teach them how to turn it off.

What stands between you and a good relationship is not your partner, but some combination of your partner’s emotions and behaviors.  They are as much a barrier for your partner as for you.  They are hurting your partner, too.

I have been helping distressed partners and couples to turn off the electric fences of anger, control, worry, negativity, depression, PTSD, abuse, addiction, and mistrust for the past 16 years.  I have trained counseling students, and worked as a specialist for the US Navy–helping  marines, sailors, and their partners to emotionally reconnect, even after the trauma of war has taken its toll.

There is no barrier to your relationship  that can’t be turned off or taken down.

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