{"id":14735,"date":"2020-09-18T12:56:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=14735"},"modified":"2020-09-18T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:56:55","slug":"robert-allens-interview-featured-in-msn-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2020\/09\/18\/robert-allens-interview-featured-in-msn-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Allen&#8217;s interview featured in MSN Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>8 Relationship Tips Couples Therapists Are Giving All the Time Right Now<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The pandemic has ripple effects in nearly every part of our lives, whether you\u2019re coping with it relatively well or feeling completely underwater. So, as a couple, you need to talk about the feelings the pandemic is bringing up,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drrobertallan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"80\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:80,&quot;p&quot;:71,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:9}\">Robert Allan<\/a>, Ph.D., LMFT, emotionally focused therapy trainer and assistant professor of couple and family therapy at the University of Colorado, Denver, tells SELF. Maybe that\u2019s the boredom and monotony so many people are experiencing\u2014it\u2019s what day? month? season?\u2014as well as any fears.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that Allan emphasizes communicating the\u00a0<em>feelings<\/em>\u00a0the pandemic stirs up. It might feel like venting about daily case numbers or the latest governmental blunder\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0communicating, but dig deeper to determine the feelings underneath your venting\u2014then talk about those. This level of vulnerability and understanding can create a real sense of safety in your relationship, which is especially critical given all the uncertainty we\u2019re dealing with. \u201cI\u2019m more focused on how do you each feel safe with each other and [ensuring] that connection is secure,\u201d Allan says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/lifestyle\/love-sex\/8-relationship-tips-couples-therapists-are-giving-all-the-time-right-now\/ar-BB18XGVx\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Relationship Tips Couples Therapists Are Giving All the Time Right Now The pandemic has ripple effects in nearly every part of our lives, whether you\u2019re coping with it relatively well or feeling completely underwater. So, as a couple, you need to talk about the feelings the pandemic is bringing up,\u00a0Robert Allan, Ph.D., LMFT, emotionally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-house","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}