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    The document outlines steps for couples dialogue called "The Receiver Flowchart": 1. Mirror - Reflect back what your partner said to check your understanding. Ask if there is more to understand. 2. Validate - Express that you understand their perspective and why they feel that way. Ask if you have correctly understood them. 3. Empathize - Communicate that you can imagine how they might be feeling in the situation. Check in on how they are actually feeling.

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    The document outlines steps for couples dialogue called "The Receiver Flowchart": 1. Mirror - Reflect back what your partner said to check your understanding. Ask if there is more to understand. 2. Validate - Express that you understand their perspective and why they feel that way. Ask if you have correctly understood them. 3. Empathize - Communicate that you can imagine how they might be feeling in the situation. Check in on how they are actually feeling.

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    The document outlines steps for couples dialogue called "The Receiver Flowchart": 1. Mirror - Reflect back what your partner said to check your understanding. Ask if there is more to understand. 2. Validate - Express that you understand their perspective and why they feel that way. Ask if you have correctly understood them. 3. Empathize - Communicate that you can imagine how they might be feeling in the situation. Check in on how they are actually feeling.

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    The

    Couples Dialogue
    The Receiver Flowchart

    1) MIRROR 2) Check it out 3) Ask for more

    1 “What I heard
    you say is . . .“
    “Did I get you?“ “Is there more?“

    Rep re
    eat mo
    unti o
    l you e r e is n
    r part ner says th

    2) VALIDATE Check It Out


    ! If it doesn’t make sense

    2
    “Help me
    “You make sense “Does it feel like understand that.
    to me I’m getting you?” Can you say more
    because . . .“ about . . . ?”

    3) EMPATHIZE Check It Out HINT

    3
    Use Feeling Prompters
    “I can imagine you “Is that what below to guess
    might be feeling...” you’re feeling?” how your partner
    may be feeling

    NEGATIVE FEELING PROMPTERS

    frustrated sad rejected overwhelmed betrayed


    irritated anxious abandoned unheard cheated
    angry helpless lonely discounted guilty
    hurt hopeless alone invisible embarrassed
    criticized insecure controlled unloved humiliated
    attacked scared pressured confused ashamed
    depressed neglected trapped manipulated enraged

    Barbara J Reichlin, MA, LMFT, LPC • 713.660.9988 • breichlin@swbell.net • imagoworks.com

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