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Insisting on Being Right When Actually, You’re Wrong!

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Link to Part 1   [Note: If you need marriage counseling in northern Virginia ( including marriage counseling Fairfax County or marriage counseling Loudoun County ) feel free to contact Dr. Ken Newberger, who provides an effective alternative to traditional approaches.] The Reality By the end of 1993, not one of over a dozen studies could demonstrate that facilitated communication ever originated with the child. Instead of unlocking the hidden thoughts of autistic children, the technique uncovered the unconscious thoughts of the facilitators.  Morley Safer’s  60 Minutes  report examined claims that facilitated communication worked brilliantly.  The program concluded, “So far, there is no convincing objective evidence to support those claims.” Hugh Downs on ABC’s  20/20  came to a similar conclusion.  An eye-opening PBS documentary went so far as to describe an institute at Syracuse University dedicated to facilitated communication as” resear...

Insisting on Being Right When Actually, You’re Wrong!

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  The question, “How have you contributed to the problems in the relationship?” is one that northern VA marriage counselors ask all the time.  It has been said that the greatest fault of all is to be conscious of none. Why? Because if you are not conscious of your own faults, you cannot correct them. This is one reason those involved in northern VA marriage counseling ask this question.  It is near impossible for couples experiencing conflict in their relationship to find long-lasting peace if they don’t first acknowledge that the way they have been interacting has been part of the problem.  Consider the following fascinating, true story about how the human mind can become convinced that what it believes is true when in reality, it is false. Its relevance to marriage will be made in part 2 of this two-part article.   [Note: If you need marriage counseling in northern Virginia , including marriage counseling Fairfax County and marriage counseling Loudoun...