Couples & Sex Therapy Blog - Rouse Relational Wellness

There's a particular kind of silence that happens right after an intense scene ends. The rope comes off. The impact stops. The roleplay dissolves. And suddenly you're two humans again, breathing a little harder than usual, possibly a little raw in ways that are difficult to nam...

Every couple fights. That's not the problem. The problem is how you fight — and whether the patterns you fall into are quietly eroding your connection over time.

In the 1980s, Dr. John Gottman set up what he called the "