{"id":342707,"date":"2015-01-20T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T01:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/separation-saved-relationship-342707.html"},"modified":"2015-01-20T09:59:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T01:59:43","slug":"separation-saved-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/lifelove-hk\/coaching-lifelove-hk\/separation-saved-relationship-342707.html","title":{"rendered":"Can separation save a relationship?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_55456834-750x4101.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-65183\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-65183 img-responsive  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_55456834-750x4101-625x342.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_55456834-750x410\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/h2> <h2> <span>WHY CAN A SEPARATION BE BENEFICIAL?<\/span> <\/h2> <p>Monique Dupr\u00e9-Latour: It creates a constructive distance that favours dialogue. It allows them to rediscover themselves and accept each other\u2019s differences. It is then that two more mature people will find themselves in a new and more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/les-10-gestes-seduction-du-desir-59008.html\">realistic relationship<\/a>.<\/p> <h2> <span>WHAT CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE IT WORK?<\/span> <\/h2> <p>First, it is necessary to want it but this is not the only requirement. To change the nature of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/arretons-vivre-peur-54826.html#post-54826\">couple\u2019s relationship<\/a>, it is essential to get to the root of the problem, to understand its cause, to apply some self-analysis \u00a0- without blaming each other - and by agreeing on the foundation for a new start.<\/p> <h2> <span>BUT SOMETIMES IT IS DOOMED TO FAIL<\/span> <\/h2> <p>For some relationships, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/9-keys-overcoming-separation-19979.html#post-19979\">separation<\/a> is regarded as a welcome release. We also see couples for whom the attachment disappeared either before or during the separation. Finally, there are couples who want to start the relationship all over again, and recapture the passion of the beginning. They reiterate the same issues and repeat the same errors.<\/p> <h2> <span>IS IT NECESSARY TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PSYCHOLOGIST OR A COUPLE\u2019S THERAPIST?<\/span> <\/h2> <p>It can be useful but some people can apply their own self-analysis, provided they have matured as a result of the separation, the engendered suffering and the subsequent questioning.<\/p> <h2> <span>Read more on our 'separation' report:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/testimony-i-am-still-afraid-the-problems-will-return-62171.html\">Separation: \u201cI am still afraid that the problems will return\"<br \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/testimony-i-am-calmer-he-is-more-loving-62173.html\">Separation: \u201cToday, I am calmer and he is more loving\u201d<br \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/testimony-our-love-had-not-ended-62175.html\">Separation: \u201cI was persuaded that our love had not been switched off.\u201d<\/a><\/p> <p><em>Marie Le Marois<\/em><\/p>  <div><\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monique Dupr\u00e9-Latour, psychologist, couple\u2019s therapist and author tells us more on how separation and time apart can save a troubled relationship. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":62180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Monique Dupr\u00e9-Latour, psychologist, couple\u2019s therapist and author tells us more on how separation and time can save a troubled relationship. 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