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The 3 core skills that every person needs for healthy romantic relationships
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1646" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://ideas.ted.com/the-3-core-skills-that-every-person-needs-for-healthy-romantic-relationships/" target="_blank"><strong>The 3 core skills that every person needs for healthy romantic relationships - TED</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>It’s never too late — or too early — to learn the abilities that make up romantic competence: insight, mutuality and emotional regulation. And when you possess these skills, all of the relationships in your life will benefit, says psychologist and researcher Joanne Davila.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>“We may know what a healthy relationship looks like, but most people have no idea how to get one — and no one teaches us how to do so.” </strong>That’s what<a href="https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/psychology/faculty/faculty_profiles/jdavila" target="_blank"> Joanne Davila</a>, a professor of psychology and the director of clinical training at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, contends in a<a href="https://youtu.be/gh5VhaicC6g" target="_blank"> TEDxSBU</a> talk.</p><p></p><p>Instruction about healthy relationships exists in the form of couples therapy or premarital counseling, so either when a marriage is foundering or before it’s even begun. Those are both too late, says Davila. Wait a second — how is premarital counseling <em>too late</em>? “Because people have already selected the person they want to commit their life to,” she explains. “What if they selected poorly? No amount of premarital education can make up for a bad partner choice.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1646, member: 1"] [URL='https://ideas.ted.com/the-3-core-skills-that-every-person-needs-for-healthy-romantic-relationships/'][B]The 3 core skills that every person needs for healthy romantic relationships - TED[/B][/URL] [B] It’s never too late — or too early — to learn the abilities that make up romantic competence: insight, mutuality and emotional regulation. And when you possess these skills, all of the relationships in your life will benefit, says psychologist and researcher Joanne Davila. “We may know what a healthy relationship looks like, but most people have no idea how to get one — and no one teaches us how to do so.” [/B]That’s what[URL='https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/psychology/faculty/faculty_profiles/jdavila'] Joanne Davila[/URL], a professor of psychology and the director of clinical training at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, contends in a[URL='https://youtu.be/gh5VhaicC6g'] TEDxSBU[/URL] talk. Instruction about healthy relationships exists in the form of couples therapy or premarital counseling, so either when a marriage is foundering or before it’s even begun. Those are both too late, says Davila. Wait a second — how is premarital counseling [I]too late[/I]? “Because people have already selected the person they want to commit their life to,” she explains. “What if they selected poorly? No amount of premarital education can make up for a bad partner choice.” [/QUOTE]
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