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    Take Your Trash Out: How to Clean Out and Let Go of Old Injuries Dragging You Around:
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 4 min

    Take Your Trash Out: How to Clean Out and Let Go of Old Injuries Dragging You Around:

    Are you dragging around issues with you that come up every fight? Do you get reminded of mistakes you made months and years ago, even...
    Spring Clean Your Relationship!
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 5 min

    Spring Clean Your Relationship!

    Caption: Photo of Carolyn, her husband and their two dogs, standing under a tree full of Spring Blossoms. It’s pouring rain one day and...
    Making Mistakes is the Key to Any Healthy Relationship.
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 7 min

    Making Mistakes is the Key to Any Healthy Relationship.

    That title sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Yet, we all make hundreds of mistakes a day. From typos, spilled milk, accidents, lost keys,...
    The Power Of Agreements To Support Us
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    The Power Of Agreements To Support Us

    (Image: Carolyn and her husband cross country skiing in Washington.) I bet like you, our falling in love was easy and joyful. We were...
    Winter Storms Bring Promise
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    Winter Storms Bring Promise

    Winter is a season of recovery and preparation. -Paul Theroux There was a record snowstorm here in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains...
    Valentine’s Day: All Romance or All Hype and Pressure?
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    Valentine’s Day: All Romance or All Hype and Pressure?

    When February 14th is rolling around… Some feel excited and giddy…. Others feel dread. Or irritation. Or pressure. It’s a loaded holiday....
    Now on Youtube! No More Walking Dead: Waking Your Relationship Back Up from the Pandemic
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 1 min

    Now on Youtube! No More Walking Dead: Waking Your Relationship Back Up from the Pandemic

    Last night I achieved a feat of going live on three different platforms at once and my computer did not explode! I did do it sideways on...
    The Power of Connection
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    The Power of Connection

    “We were designed to connect with other people.” -Vivek Murthy One of the things I am talking most about with clients right now is the...
    Reaching Toward What is Next
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    Reaching Toward What is Next

    The pleas to ‘get back to normal’ are a common refrain these days. But as the beautiful poet Amanda Gorman reminds us, the opportunity...
    Looking Forward, with care
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 4 min

    Looking Forward, with care

    "Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can...
    Welcoming Client Back to My Office!
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    Welcoming Client Back to My Office!

    The first signs of spring are starting to peak out, and with them, the tiniest glimmers of a transition away from the last year. On March...
    Opening Our Eyes For Truth
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    Opening Our Eyes For Truth

    "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."-James Baldwin This quote has many meanings,...
    The Benefits of Speaking Up in Quarantine and Beyond.
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 5 min

    The Benefits of Speaking Up in Quarantine and Beyond.

    Seattle-based PACT Therapist, Carolyn Sharp shares techniques couples in quarantine can use to resolve conflict.
    How to Survive and Thrive Through the Coronavirus Quarantine: Turning Cabin Fever Into Relationship
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 5 min

    How to Survive and Thrive Through the Coronavirus Quarantine: Turning Cabin Fever Into Relationship

    How to protect the health of your relationship long past COVID-19.
    Flattening the Curve Without Letting Your Relationship Be Flattened in the Process:
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 1 min

    Flattening the Curve Without Letting Your Relationship Be Flattened in the Process:

    I spent some time with my colleague Jason Brand, LCSW in a Facebook Live on April 6th talking about what couples are struggling with...
    What’s the deal with those rolling chairs? Why can’t we sit on the couch?
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    What’s the deal with those rolling chairs? Why can’t we sit on the couch?

    One of the first things many couples ask upon first meeting me, is: “What is the deal with these crazy rolling chairs you’ve got?” As a...
    The Ghosts of Injuries Past
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    The Ghosts of Injuries Past

    We all know the scene: a couple begins discussing a current challenge for them and are quickly down the rabbit hole of past injuries....
    Preparing for your first couples therapy session.
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    Preparing for your first couples therapy session.

    Congratulations! You’ve taken the first, most difficult step in getting support for your relationship by seeking couples therapy. It is a...
    Desire over dishes
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    Desire over dishes

    How to focus your attention where it has the greatest benefit… “It’s hard to experience desire when you’re weighted down by...
    Thinking About Polyamory? Is Consensual Nonmonogamy Healthy for Your Relationship?
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 5 min

    Thinking About Polyamory? Is Consensual Nonmonogamy Healthy for Your Relationship?

    Here is a blog post I wrote for the PACT Institute Website: By Carolyn Sharp, LICSW PACT Level 3 Therapist, PACT Ambassador...
    The Benefits of a Pre-Commitment Retreat for Committed Couples
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 1 min

    The Benefits of a Pre-Commitment Retreat for Committed Couples

    Many folks have reached to ask whether our one-day pre-commitment retreat is appropriate for couples already committed for the long haul....
    Congratulations, you’re engaged!….Now What?!
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    Congratulations, you’re engaged!….Now What?!

    For newly engaged couples, there is the thrill of the life ahead. Folks are in bliss after finding their life partner—as they should...
    Valentine’s Day: Hype, Pressure and Opportunity
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    Valentine’s Day: Hype, Pressure and Opportunity

    There’s a wide variation of opinions about Valentine’s Day and its benefits. Some people look forward to the holiday as a means to...
    Becoming Unlazy: You Can Cultivate the Relationship You Want
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    Becoming Unlazy: You Can Cultivate the Relationship You Want

    by Sara Slater, LICSW My favorite bit of relationship advice so far this new year: “don’t be relationally lazy.” The words of respected...
    Compassion and Why It Matters
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 1 min

    Compassion and Why It Matters

    Who among us doesn’t want to feel loved?  —STAN TATKIN Compassion. Something the world can certainly use more of these days. How can we...
    Carolyn & Sara Interview Each Other, Part 2.
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 5 min

    Carolyn & Sara Interview Each Other, Part 2.

    In the second half of our interview, Sara and Carolyn responded to questions we have received from colleagues, folks signed up and our...
    That Perfect Gift: Investing In Your Relationship
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 4 min

    That Perfect Gift: Investing In Your Relationship

    This holiday season, how have you invested in your relationship? by Sara Slater, LICSW Shopping in crowds? Wrapping like a maniac?...
    When is it OK to talk about that nail?
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 2 min

    When is it OK to talk about that nail?

    Communication Differences: This video is one of my favorites about relationships. Hilarious because it is absolutely true-I think many of...
    Why Couples Retreats?
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 3 min

    Why Couples Retreats?

    As we have shared with couples in our practices that we are beginning to offer retreats, a number have asked what prompted this. Well,...
    Carolyn Sharp
    • 1 min

    Important Links

    We will add resources here that we think will be helpful to you here: The PACT Institute website has information about Stan Tatkin, his...

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    SECURE CONNECTIONS

    Under the leadership of Carolyn Sharp, Secure Connections offers coaching, couples retreats, and workshops based on PACT in Seattle. Current therapy clients, visit my therapy website. 

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