011 - The Famous Therapist Couple - Ellyn & Peter

We’re only releasing two episodes this week, and they’re related.   The first episode is part of an interview with a well known therapist couple, Dr. Ellyn Bader and Dr. Peter Pearson.  In the therapy world, these two are celebrities.  They created the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy—which is very highly regarded academically.  But more importantly, these two are actually married to one another. They have a lot to say about relationships from both the personal and clinical perspective.   The second interview, which we’ll release on Thursday, is with another fascinating couple: Molly and Jason, whose life from the outside looks ideal, but privately they have faced challenges and conflict in their relationship that felt completely hopeless at the time.   We’re putting these two episodes together because they both illustrate the need to face conflict in a relationship directly. You can find Ellyn and Peter at their website: www.couplesinstitute.com - they have lots of great information for couples on their site, and also provide referalls to couples therapists around the country.