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Have You Ever Tried to Change Your Partner?

If you have ever tried to change your partner–how’s that working for you? Think about it for a moment… What do you do when you are trying to get your way? You may be lobbying to go to a certain restaurant that your husband hates. You may be wanting to spend money on something your wife […]

Filed Under: Key 6- Closeness and Distance, Key 7- Accepting Differences, Marriage Tips Tagged With: conflict in couples Leave a Comment

Don MacMannis, Ph.D.
Debra Manchester MacMannis, M.S.W.

Don and Debra are a team both at home and at the office. Married for thirty years and parents of two sons, they are psychotherapists who have simultaneously served as directors of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara. In addition to nationwide lectures on families, they have provided postgraduate training to hundreds of therapists. Read More >>

Have You Ever Tried to Change Your Partner?

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