12-Step Couples Therapy Workbook

<h4><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inside you and your partner will learn how to:</span></h4><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Build your Team Us identity with a one-page charter that sets your purpose decision rules and red lines.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Catch tension before it explodes using a simple traffic-light system that makes stress visible and manageable.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Write Six Rules of Engagement you can both recall under pressure turning conflict into workable conversations.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Open softly and get further with phrases that lower defensiveness and protect trust.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Make your partner feel deeply heard even when you disagree by mastering validation instead of debate.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Use timeouts that actually bring you back with a protocol that prevents silence from feeling like rejection.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Turn fights into workshops designing small testable plans instead of courtroom battles.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Set boundaries that breathe protecting dignity and privacy without building walls.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Create time tech and privacy agreements that reduce digital jealousy and prevent late-night spirals.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Decode your real mix of love languages translating preferences into small daily actions that land.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Rebuild after betrayal with a structured path: stabilization no-contact agreements trigger regulation and paced reconnection.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Foster intimacy that adapts lowering brakes raising accelerators and keeping closeness alive across different seasons.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Build a money system that fits ending recurring fights with short money dates and safeguards against financial secrecy.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Make the invisible mental load visible so household management stops falling silently on one partner.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Run your week like a team with a 15-minute operational huddle that prevents chaos and aligns calendars.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Catch relapses early and recover fast using visible cues and agreed resets before small slips turn into crises.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>• Grow on purpose with light habits of play shared learning and service that keep your bond alive over time.</span></p>