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  • “Our brains actually respond to relational trauma almost the same way—if not the same way—that they do to physical trauma,” explains Gina Senarighi, Ph.D, a Portland-based relationship coach, author of Love More Fight Less: A Communication Workbook for Every Couple, and host of the podcast Swoon. “Our brains and our bodies are wired for connection, and those shame, rejection, and abandonment triggers are tender points.”

    - Gina Senarighi in Fastest Ways to Get Over A Fight With Your Partner, By Amy Spencer, Men’s Journal, October 18, 2022

  • “One really basic thing that I have every couple I work with do is an inventory. How much time do you spend on an average week together, without screens, engaged and fully present? Most of the time that we’re with our partners, especially live-in partners, it’s half-assed, like I’m doing something else and I’m kind of paying attention to you, I hear half of what you say. We’re watching screens with our phones out. We’re not fully present. Two, how much time are you getting with your social network? Who’s helping you work things out, or learning with you, or taking a walk?”

    - Dr Gina Senarighi, PhD in Q&A: Therapist Gina Senarighi counsels couples on resilience, By Lindsay Christians, Capital Times, Jan 16, 2022

  • "The pressures of oppression are so great for transfolks and their families already. It breaks my heart to add breakups in the mix. Even if a couple can’t stay together, my hope is by sharing some of the resiliency factors that helped us, it might help others reflect on their relationships and stay compassionately connected in queer community."

    Dr Gina Senarighi, A Relationship in Transition, Our Lives, Wisconsin, September 2020,

  • "Maybe this person is just a little insecure or scared you’ll judge them for their unconventional (or uninteresting) reality. Whatever the reason, it’s worth exploring because a lack of self-awareness (and lack of trust) combined with incongruence between words and actions can cause problems when it comes to conflict resolution down the line, Dr. Senarighi says."

    Dr Gina Senarighi, PhD in 14 Subtle Red Flags in a Relationship, by Natanya Rikar for SELF Magazine, October 2023

  • ""Quality connected time is essential to long-term love but for most of my couples, quality time is interrupted by Candy Crush, Snapchat or the newest addictive app," she said. Another common smartphone-related sin, according to Senarighi? Having a full-fledged argument over text. "If every couple resolved to stop fighting over text, I might be out of business," she told us. "Text fighting never solves anything and more often than not, it makes things even worse.""

    Dr Gina Senarighi, PhD, in 8 Things Your Marriage Counselor is Thinking But Will Never Tell You, by Brittany Wong for Huffington Post, May 2016

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