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	<title>The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com &#187; Communication</title>
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		<title>Relationship Advice: Should I Move On From My Relationship?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really looking for some outside input on this. I&#8217;ve really struggled over the past 3 months with my girlfriend. To be concise, I&#8217;ve really become more sensitive to all the minor things she does and I get frustrated with it, such as her getting annoyed/irritated about certain things that I do, but it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m going [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: I get angry when my partner doesn&#8217;t listen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can get so angry and only then will my partner consider listening to me.  When I am nice I am not heard.  It&#8217;s not my nature to be aggressive but i don&#8217;t have control over this.  Why is this happening?
Lisa&#8217;s Relationship Advice:
It sounds like you might be getting angry because you&#8217;re partner isn&#8217;t listening to you [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: I Ruined my Relationship out of Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 23:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My boyfriend and I recently broke up. I realized it&#8217;s because I fought him constantly for petty things because of issues that I&#8217;ve realized stemmed from my past. And every time I fought him I&#8217;ve noticed he pulls back and gets confused over his feelings for me, even if he compartmentalized the situation and forgets [...]


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		<title>Marriage Advice: Husband Says Our Problems Are All My Fault</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband says he doesn&#8217;t have any problems and it&#8217;s all me&#8230;.He doesn’t take anything I say to heart. He will almost and has came right out and said that everything I am concerned about is nonsense. I just want him to look at me as an important part of his life and he doesn’t [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: Handling a Relationship With Very Busy Partner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a 27 yr old professional in a new relationship (4 months) with a guy who just started a residency program which means he works about 80 hours a week, spends every 4th or 5th night at the hospital, usually cannot communicate during the day and is exhausted, delirious and stressed when not at [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: Mixed Messages from my Fiance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to try and make this as short as possible. My fiancée and I had a falling out 6 weeks ago. It started when I called her as I was heading home from work to see if she wanted me to pick up something for dinner ( I usually grocery shopped for dinner on [...]


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		<title>Marriage Advice: Communication for a Troubled Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a 25 yr old who is married with 3 children. I am married to my first love. We are having problems in our marriage. We are not really communicating and it is to the point where the kids are emotionally affected. He tends to have his family intervening in our marriage.. I love [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: Lack of Emotional Safety in Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read your article on &#8220;emotional safety&#8221; and it seems to be lacking in my recent relationship. I&#8217;d been dating a guy on and off for about a year. I&#8217;ve been trying to share this concept with him, but it always seems to go nowhere. We initially hit it off very well and share similar [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: Issues of Privacy and Verbal Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been dating J for 1 1/2 years. We recently moved in together, I&#8217;m 27 and he&#8217;s 31. 
 
We&#8217;ve had a few issues over the past 6 months, mostly due to me not feeling like he gives me enough affection which in turn makes me feel unloved. We talked about it and he is making an [...]


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		<title>Relationship Advice: Uncomfortable with my Boyfriend&#8217;s Relationship with his Female Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m 36, and I&#8217;ve been dating a 29 year old man for a year and a half now.  There are a lot of nuances that I don&#8217;t have time to recount, but my basic problem is this.  My boyfriend has a female best friend (25 years old) who I feel interferes with our relationship, to [...]


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