Isolating With A Partner? Relationship Therapists Share Stress-Reduction Strategies

(By David Greene for NPR)

Many Americans are spending a lot more time with their partners these days.

And some of those relationships are being tested by the inevitable “pressure-cooker” moments that come with weeks of being confined to the home in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

“What we’re seeing is that there’s a clash between the terrible anxiety about catching the virus and having to stay sequestered 24/7,” says relationship therapist Julie Gottman.  Continue reading article here…

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