Love Flashcards
4 reasons love makes a difference
Instates Growth
Validates personal existence
Essential for physical and psychological health
Builds resilience.
Why is Self love important?
Helps build self esteem and our understanding of ourselves and others /self actualization
4 attributes for Authentic Love
Shared experiences
Commitment
Trusting yourself
Being vulnerable
The invitation; what’s it about?
Being authentic in love and being self actualized
What are 3 negative communication patterns
Criticism
Contempt
Stonewalling
Gaslighting
4 key tasks to a healthy relationship?
Building Friendship
Learning to manage conflict
Ability to process past wounds
Ability to build trust
Attachment theory
Our attachment styles carried in our relationship that were learned during childhood from our parents/caregivers
3 types of Attachment styles?
Anxious -someone who needs to be loved/ be in love and fears abandonment
Avoidant- someone who shuts down in relationships and is emotionally unavailable
Securely- someone who has the ability to utilize healthy relationship tools and dynamics.
3 qualities of a healthy relationship
Each person has separate identities
Give and receive feedback
Both work towards keeping the relationship healthy
When dealing with anger and conflict what are 4 attributes that can help you and your partner?
Proper listening
Avoid judgement
Avoid blaming
Ability to express feelings openly
What are 4 guidelines to use when in conflict?
Communicate struggles
Clarify intentions
Accept responsibilities for actions
Willingness towards forgiveness
What is intimate partner violence?
Violence towards significant other wether emotional, physical, or psychological
Attributes of intimate violence?
Sexual
Emotional
Physical
Psychological
Economical
4 behaviors of someone who is violent with their partner
Name calling
Threatening
Jealousy
Limiting access to money
Forced intimacy
