Recently in supervision I came in talking about anger. I thought the work I needed to do was learning how to help my clients express anger and frustration without it coming out as criticism or blame.

Within a few minutes my supervisor took me somewhere I didn’t expect. She introduced an image from the animal world that stopped me in my tracks. She called it the gazelle collapse. The metaphor described something that felt instantly familiar, even though I had never heard it explained this way before.

The Repair Your Relationship Podcast is hosted by Stacey Curnow, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Relationship Specialist, and founder of Asheville Family Counseling.