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Therapist Melissa Dumaz discusses relationship patterns and the impact of personal issues on couples' dynamics.

How do you know if the problem is yours, theirs, or something happening between both of you? In this segment, therapist Melissa Dumaz joins Jeannette Reyes and Mona Kosar Abdi to break down the relationship patterns that often show up in couples work. She explains why some fights are not really about the relationship itself, but about unresolved issues each person brings into the room, and why a major sign of hope is whether both people are actually open to change. Melissa also unpacks attach...

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Hosts: Jeannette Reyes, Mona Kosar Abdi

Guest: Melissa Dumaz

Topics covered

• attachment styles
• relationship patterns
• couples therapy
• communication
• personal issues

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