Reconciliation
Restoring a relationship after a rupture — unlike forgiveness, it always requires both people.
How it shows up
You can forgive alone. You cannot reconcile alone. Reconciliation requires the other person to take their share and for the behaviour to change; without that it is only a truce, holding until the next trigger.
What we do with it in therapy
With couples and families we work out what is genuinely possible. Sometimes the most honest outcome is an agreement about respectful distance, not restored closeness.
See also
Ending therapy
A planned end to the work, which is part of the process rather than its absence.
Post-traumatic growth
A change for the better that appears in some people after a severe experience — neither inevitable nor expected.
Sleep hygiene
The habits around sleep that either help it or quietly undermine it.
