Couples Therapy Season Three

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Anyone watching.
I find this programme so fascinating I love it!

This series fascinates me, however I can't help rolling my eyes in repressed English persons way, when they are wittering on in their American self obsessed way saying things like 'I needed her to hold me in her space' or something like that...I used to live in CA, and now American's grate on me, like I'm a bit allergic to them. They're all obsessed with allergies, and all in therapy.

Thank you for heads up with the new episodes.

I love this program and adore the way Orna manages, questions and summarises the dialogues between the couples. I do wonder about the couples in shorter relationships (12-18 months) going to couples therapy. I would hope couples in s steady relationship shouldn’t be running in to issues needing therapy at that stage. I can see why in longer term relationships that issues may crop up - but shorter term it just means you are not compatible?

Nonetheless an Interesting program!

Oh my god I'm watching episode 11 and I believe Sean (?) Is justifying why he's not working by saying spending time with his children, his family is a bigger priority for him.... As if by her working her family isn't the priority for her!
😳😳

I'm on episode 12. There's a lot of polyamory in these latest episodes

Thanks for the heads up on new episodes.
Ive spent the evening bingeing.
Sean is a grade A wanker.

And yes @purpleme12 whats with all the poly stuff?!

'Sean is a grade A wanker'

Well, I certainly didn't warn to him but I understood him much more by the end

It's such a wonderful series. Endlessly fascinating

It's such a clever series. All the intense stuff is so well counterbalanced with the footage of outside the therapy session. It's making me feel quite wistful for a relationship weirdly. I've been single for such a long time. There's something quite admirable about how much they fight to stay together sometimes although when I see a couple in therapy who haven't been together long, I find it surprising.

Just watched episode 13. Oh my god Sean 🙈🙈🙈

I've been watching this as it comes on on Wednesday nights. I really like Brock. He seems like such a decent, gentle bloke. Have I missed anything dark about him?

I think his partner was so damaged by her Mormon upbringing (and to a lesser extent him) she was projecting it all onto him and their relationship.
Clearly years of unresolved resentment at play.

I felt sorry for him, he was willing to go along with whatever she wanted to try and make her stay.

Ah, yes, I knew about the Mormon thing and her anger at that. Glad I've not missed anything nasty about him.

Don’t know if this has been posted before, but this is an update on Mau’s Instagram about a year ago. I have no idea if he’s still together with his new gfriend.

I saw it on Reddit, where he apparently would post defending himself on every single accusation.

I remember Mau well. He was one dark disturbing character and that post is quite something

Blimey,that is quite a post!

Oh no, I'm going to get lost in Reddit discussions now. There's a very interesting thread about Kristi and Brock. I think that's the couple I'm drawn to a bit more. Very thoughtful and thought provoking comments here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CouplesTherapyShow/comments/15dicli/kristi_and_brock_and_mormonism/

This series is so compelling isn't it. I can never watch just one at a time. The one that is frustrating me is Nadine and Christine. She doesn't want to do polyamory and you don't love her enough to give it up. Let each other go!

This couple made me wonder if it can be the case with some lesbian couples that after a while there’s a blurred line between strong female friendship and love.

Nadine was at one point describing how she loves being with Christine, that she could spend every minute of the day with her or something very similar and I thought how many of us have at some point felt like that about our best friend, at least I have. There are stages in our life when our friends are really our world.

I also felt in some moments that Orna was talking to them more as a motherly figure than a therapist, they seem like two young people that needed someone to guide them and tell them what to do.

Watching episode 14.
I mean I know she often goes back to their childhood/the past but in this one she asked the woman how do you think you felt in NICU?
And seemed to be saying that her issues stemmed been to her being in NICU. Mmmm....

'decoupling' instead of breaking up

The NICU thing I took more as her learned family story is she is a tough fighter who will be OK (because of NIcu) so she was kind of left to it even if she didn't feel strong.
I did feel Orna didn't stick up enough for Christine. It seemed to be all about Nadine's wishes. They reminded me a lot of Cyn and her partner from previous episodes. The solid calm one being punished for being so by a more toxic 'free and easy' one

I agreed with Christine (?) If that's the right name.
That the other one had used polyamory to get out of the relationship. Because she then she wasn't sure if she was poly.
Seems obvious to me.
I've only watched up to episode 14 though

'The NICU thing I took more as her learned family story is she is a tough fighter who will be OK (because of NIcu) so she was kind of left to it even if she didn't feel strong'

Yes, that's how I took it too. I thought it was a very astute observation

Ok. I didn't get that from the programme but maybe I was supposed to

So in watching episode 16, the one shown this week.
Kristi seems to be saying that her sleeping with this guy/having the affair whatever it was, was the most healing moment for her.
It's almost like she's kind of detached it from her relationship.