Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman

Couples Therapy & Dr. Orna Guralnik: Rewind


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Fan favorite, Dr. Orna Guralnik, renowned psychoanalyst and host of the hit Showtime series Couples Therapy, shares what decades of clinical work have taught her about love, connection, and unconscious patterns in relationships. In this conversation, Dr. Orna also opens up about the societal shifts reshaping modern intimacy, the difference between psychoanalysis and surface-level self-help, and why listening, real, curious listening, is a radical act in partnership.


What you’ll learn:

  • How your unconscious motivations shape relationship patterns
  • Why privilege must be acknowledged for real connection to happen
  • How to create transformation in a partner without “fixing” them
  • Why curiosity is the first step to emotional healing


  • This episode is part of our Rewind Series, where we revisit some of the most powerful and timeless conversations from the Dates & Mates vault.


    Subscribe to get every rewind episode and our Spring special bonus episodes the minute they are available.


    Catch Dr. Orna in Couples Therapy (streaming now on Showtime)

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    NYT Essay – “I’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships”


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