http://thecouplestoolkit.com Working together as a team of three -- by Jill Edelman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Specialist in Couples Therapy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:22:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thecouplestoolkit.com/the-hot-potato-of-blame-game/#comment-351 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:36:21 +0000 http://jilledelmanlcsw.wordpress.com/?page_id=66#comment-351 [...] From the clinician’s chair, that is exactly how it plays out. The low level of  sexual contact, of course, is subjectively measured with each partner providing their own numbers. But a good guess is that the absence of sex for weeks, months or years at a time, if not addressed, will damage the relationship.  As the McCarthys’ put it  ”The longer the partners are in a low-sex or no-sex marriage, the more they blame each other. ” (see my post “Hot Potato of Blame“) [...]

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