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Collaboration is Key in Consensual Non-Monogamy | With Pamela Duff, Therapist
Summary
Pamela Duff shares insights on how she’s helped clients through navigating consensual non-monogamy with choice theory and existentialism.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The benefits of opening your relationship
How to communicate difficult feelings and addressing challenges like people-pleasing behavior
What makes an open relationship healthy vs. toxic?
What happens when one person wants to open up and the other wants to stay monogamous?
How to create shared meaning and personal growth when opening your relationship
Pamela Duff is a Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern with the State of Florida. She provides both individual and couples counseling sessions for people engaging (or thinking about engaging!) in consensual non-monogamy.
Resources from this episode
Choice Theory
Existentialism Therapy
Noteworthy quotes from this episode:
“[ENM] does not have to be any kind of way as long as all members involved feel safe and like they are being respected in the relationships.”
“[Partners demonstrating people-pleasing] may be quieter or they're going to protest slightly but they back down. So it's very much like being pulled along is how I would describe it. That doesn't mean they're being coerced necessarily or not wanting it, but having that lack of differentiation of identifying really what their own needs, values, and feelings are and actually verbalizing them is what I notice.”
Connect with Pamela Duff
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pameladuffrcc/about/
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://redcouchtalks.com/
Connect with Paige Bond
Instagram: @paigebondcoaching
Facebook: @paigebondcoaching
Website: www.paigebond.com
Paige Bond hosts the Stubborn Love podcast, is a Licensed Marriage Therapist, and is a Polyamory Relationship Coach. Her mission is to help people-pleasing millennials navigate non-monogamy so they can tame their jealousy and love with ease. Her own journey from feeling lonely, insecure, and jealous to feeling empowered and reassured is what fuels her passion to help other people-pleasers to conquer jealousy and embrace love.
Free Jealousy Workbook:
http://www.paigebond.com/calm-the-chaos-jealousy-workbook-download
Free People Pleasing Workbook:
https://www.paigebond.com/people-pleasing-workbook
Disclaimer: This podcast and communication through our email are not meant to serve as professional advice or therapy. If you are in need of mental health support, you are encouraged to connect with a licensed mental health professional to receive the support needed.
Mental Health Resources:National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 for free, 24/7 crisis counseling.
Intro music by Coma-Media on pixabay.com
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Summary
Pamela Duff shares insights on how she’s helped clients through navigating consensual non-monogamy with choice theory and existentialism.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The benefits of opening your relationship
How to communicate difficult feelings and addressing challenges like people-pleasing behavior
What makes an open relationship healthy vs. toxic?
What happens when one person wants to open up and the other wants to stay monogamous?
How to create shared meaning and personal growth when opening your relationship
Pamela Duff is a Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern with the State of Florida. She provides both individual and couples counseling sessions for people engaging (or thinking about engaging!) in consensual non-monogamy.
Resources from this episode
Choice Theory
Existentialism Therapy
Noteworthy quotes from this episode:
“[ENM] does not have to be any kind of way as long as all members involved feel safe and like they are being respected in the relationships.”
“[Partners demonstrating people-pleasing] may be quieter or they're going to protest slightly but they back down. So it's very much like being pulled along is how I would describe it. That doesn't mean they're being coerced necessarily or not wanting it, but having that lack of differentiation of identifying really what their own needs, values, and feelings are and actually verbalizing them is what I notice.”
Connect with Pamela Duff
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pameladuffrcc/about/
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://redcouchtalks.com/
Connect with Paige Bond
Instagram: @paigebondcoaching
Facebook: @paigebondcoaching
Website: www.paigebond.com
Paige Bond hosts the Stubborn Love podcast, is a Licensed Marriage Therapist, and is a Polyamory Relationship Coach. Her mission is to help people-pleasing millennials navigate non-monogamy so they can tame their jealousy and love with ease. Her own journey from feeling lonely, insecure, and jealous to feeling empowered and reassured is what fuels her passion to help other people-pleasers to conquer jealousy and embrace love.
Free Jealousy Workbook:
http://www.paigebond.com/calm-the-chaos-jealousy-workbook-download
Free People Pleasing Workbook:
https://www.paigebond.com/people-pleasing-workbook
Disclaimer: This podcast and communication through our email are not meant to serve as professional advice or therapy. If you are in need of mental health support, you are encouraged to connect with a licensed mental health professional to receive the support needed.
Mental Health Resources:National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 for free, 24/7 crisis counseling.
Intro music by Coma-Media on pixabay.com
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