Pacific Couples Blog
Briefly Noted: My Wife Doesn’t Understand Me (and It's Fine)
Understanding isn’t everything.
Briefly Noted: Children of the Breakup Feed
The internet is full of relationship autopsies.
Briefly Noted: The Myth of Rationality
We may think of ourselves as primarily rational, but that’s not what the science shows.
Briefly Noted: Substack’s Safety Debate is Really about Something Deeper
Substack isn’t a newsletter anymore.
Briefly Noted: The Hospital on the Hill
A training experience in the remains of a psychiatric city.
Briefly Noted: Before We Call Empathy Feminine
The data may not say what we think they do.
Briefly Noted: Ask for What You Want—and Rejoice in the No
Knowing someone’s limits can be a blessing.
Briefly Noted: Know Your Counterfactuals
The easiest way to generate negative emotion is to ruminate.
Briefly Noted: What My Son’s Two Social Groups Reveal About Gender and Friendship
It reminded me of conversations we’ve been having lately about male isolation and female kinkeeping.
Briefly Noted: If therapy were just talking, I wouldn’t do it.
I routinely refer clients out when they just want to talk.
