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Understanding Interaction Cycles

A guide to identifying pursue–withdraw and other negative cycles.

EFT helps couples understand the negative cycles that keep them stuck.

The negative cycle

When we feel disconnected, we react in ways that push our partner further away. This creates a cycle: the more one pursues, the more the other withdraws, which increases pursuit, and so on.

Understanding our cycle

This resource is for couples.

Source: TheTherapies (thetherapies.vercel.app) — Part of Emotionally Focused Therapy (Couples) resources.