Psychological similarities between couples therapy and resolving political conflict, with therapist Bill Doherty
Episode Ep 113 52 min 15s

Psychological similarities between couples therapy and resolving political conflict, with therapist Bill Doherty

A talk with Bill Doherty, a relationship therapist and the co-founder of Braver Angels, a political depolarization-aimed group. Topics discuss include: his approach to couples counseling; thoughts on dealing with the common situation where one partner is much more interested in healing the relationship than the other; the importance of seeing our role in a conflict, and why that can be hard for us; how he got into the depolarization work; the similarities he sees between relationship counseling and political depolarization work; the psychological principles that have informed Braver Angels' approaches; thoughts on what we are asking of people who want to help with depolarization work. Learn more about the show and get transcripts at⁠ ⁠behavior-podcast.com⁠⁠.

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