Does your partner ever make assumptions about you that are more aligned with their mother or father than they are with you? Or do they react to you sometimes the way they would to their parent? In this episode, Jules, Vickey and Rebecca tackle the topic of mimicking and modeling what a person grew up with and how extensive that mimicking can affect them on all levels—especially in romantic relationships. And be sure to tune in next week for the flip side of this question: “Why does my partner act like their mother or father?”Share your questions with us at <a href="https://my.captivate.fm/whydoesmypartner.com/contact" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">whydoesmypartner.com/contact</a>If you want to dive in deeper, consider registering for our online Essential Skills Relationship Bootcamp. Open to individuals, couples and therapists. Learn more at&nbsp;<a href="https://whydoesmypartner.com/events" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">whydoesmypartner.com/events</a>This podcast is not a substitute for therapy with a licensed provider.

Act Like Their Mother/Father

We're couple therapists and messy humans bumbling through our own relationships everyday. Between us we have more than 40 years of experience holding hard relational questions with our clients. We’re going to bring those questions here. And together we’re going to take a stab at answering those questions.