How We Choose Relationships - Metaphor with Houseplants - 2020) is an internationally renowned psychotherapist. He was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, a leading expert in cognitive behavioral therapy, president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy and the International Association of CBT, and a founding member emeritus of the Academy of CBT. Dr. Freeman's research and clinical interests have included marriage and family therapy and cognitive behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. I want you to read and think! Some people, when they start plants, water them too much and they drown the plants. Or plant them in a cramped pot and the plant does not grow. They give them a lot of fertilizer to the plant and they poison it. The same with relationships, they care a lot! Some people choose a beautiful and expensive plant for themselves, it is difficult to care for, but it fulfills the purpose for them. What they have such a plant, it makes them feel better about themselves. It raises their self-esteem. And they can choose a partner in the same way - it is a very decorative partner, which is very difficult to keep. Some people choose plants that already need care, they can to pick up a plant on sale that has only sticks instead of green foliage. They think if I water it well and use different fertilizers, then by spring it will bloom! And they do the same with their relationships, choosing the relationship/partner that was initially damaged. They water this relationship, try to nourish it, but in the end the relationship dies like a plant. Or they buy plants that have sharp thorns and choose relationships in the same way. They build a relationship with a person with sharp thorns so that it is difficult to approach such a person and constantly get hurt by its thorns. Either they choose plants that need constant attention, or they choose plants that are not suitable for them at all, for example, they may choose plants that are too large that will not fit in their apartment or trees that can only grow in garden. They think, well, nothing, we will correct them and force them to suit us, but the plant begins to rot and die. Which plant - relationship do you choose? Share, what kind of indoor plants do you have at home? Sign up for a consultation: https://www.b17.ru/sashamagia/#consultationWhatsAppTelegram: 89241177379 Women's psychologist Alexandra Vyacheslavovna Gorbacheva