This work maps the cycle—pursue/withdraw, attack/defend, shut down/criticize—and slows it down so both partners feel seen and accountable. Sessions focus on: naming core needs (closeness, space, respect, desire), learning non-defensive listening, using time-outs, and practicing repair (own impact, validate, make a plan). Expect concrete tools for communication, boundary setting, and decision-making, plus frameworks for rebuilding trust after betrayal (transparency agreements, paced reconnection) and addressing intimacy/low-desire standoffs without pressure or avoidance. You’ll leave each session with small, specific experiments to run at home. Progress looks like fewer escalations, faster repairs, and more honest agreements about how you live, love, and problem-solve together. Suitable for all relationship structures.