Do you sometimes feel responsible for your partner’s feelings? Why?

Listen to Catherine Roebuck (relationship coach) and Jackie Aston (certified therapist) discuss In this episode of Differentiated Love & Sex, licensed psychotherapist Jackie Aston and relationship coach Catherine Roebuck discuss emotional fusion in relationships.

What is emotional fusion? How do you identify it?

Catherine and Jackie explore how emotional fusion shows up in everyday situations, including:

• Trying to manage your partner’s stress or emotions

• Feeling responsible for how your partner feels

• Becoming highly reactive when your partner criticizes or misrepresents you

• Why, as a couple, you and your partner may often escalate conflict instead of calming it