What common way does a couple try to de-escalate tension or resolve a fight? If your first answer is sex, you're not wrong. But it's not the answer I was looking for. A common way many couples try to ...

Machiavellians are master manipulators. They prefer to cloak their misdeeds in subterfuge and plausible deniability. Sometimes they target their victims directly, as when a con artist swindles an ...

A range of subtle emotional dynamics can play out in communication within relationships, families, or groups. A common, and problematic, dynamic involves the concept of triangulation. Triangulation ...

The hidden trauma of triangulation quietly pervades many families that appear “normal” from the outside. The trauma occurs when one child is used to quietly carry the emotional burdens of the marital ...