THE ATREEF JOURNAL · CAMBRIDGE, MA
Therapy Insights for Relationships, Emotional Health & Change
Evidence-informed articles on couples therapy, relationship patterns, emotional regulation, anxiety, and personal growth, written by Dr. Ehsan Adib Shabahang of AtReef Therapy in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
12 Patterns People Bring to Couples and Individual Therapy
The argument changes, but the emotional sequence underneath it often does not. This guide maps 12 recurring patterns in conflict, trust, identity, attachment, and intimacy, and explains what therapy can work on.
Why You and Your Partner Keep Having the Same Fight Over and Over
Different topics, same fight. A Cambridge couples therapist explains why the same argument keeps coming back, what the pattern underneath it is protecting, and how couples interrupt the cycle, with research from the Gottman Institute.