In May 2016, the NY Times published an article called “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person.” When I read this I thought “yes!!” Essentially the article explains why in therapy we explore your original relationships with your caretakers and family, what messages you received, what narratives you formed about yourself, the world and relationships, internal conflicts you experience, and your fantasies and ideals. When we explore these aspects of our inner self we can better understand our historical and current relationship patterns, the familiarity we seek that may not be serving us and possibly hurting us, and break free from old patterns in order to create new ones!
Check out the article here!