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Why Do I Keep Attracting Emotionally Unavailable Partners?
There Comes a Point When You Start Wondering After enough disappointing relationships, it becomes difficult not to ask yourself the question: Why do I keep attracting emotionally unavailable partners? Maybe you've connected with people who seemed deeply interested in the beginning but gradually became distant once the relationship started to matter. Maybe you've spent months or years hoping things would deepen, waiting for consistency that never fully arrived. Or perhaps you'

Sarah Rabenou
1 day ago6 min read


Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Relationship Pattern?
There Comes a Moment When the Question Changes Have you ever noticed that the questions you ask yourself about a relationship can change over time? In the beginning, you're trying to understand the relationship itself. What happened? Why did they pull away? Why do we keep having the same argument? Can this be repaired? If the relationship has ended, the questions often shift. How do I move on? Why can't I let this go? Was there something I could have done differently? In the

Sarah Rabenou
Jul 610 min read


Why Insight Isn't Enough: How to Finally Stop Repeating the Same Relationship Patterns
If you've ever found yourself thinking: "I know exactly why I do this, but I keep doing it anyway." You're not alone. In fact, many of the people who come to me have already done a tremendous amount of work. They've been to therapy. They've read the books. They've listened to podcasts. They understand attachment styles, trauma responses, relationship dynamics, and communication patterns. They know where the wound came from. They understand why they react the way they do. And

Sarah Rabenou
Jun 186 min read


The Information Coded in Your Kink
Kinks are rarely just preferences. They are often eroticized adaptations — ways the psyche and body learned to manage power, attachment, shame, and unmet needs when direct resolution wasn’t available. From a depth-oriented and trauma-informed perspective, desire frequently organizes itself around unresolved emotional material — not because someone is broken, but because the nervous system is attempting completion. Erotic Patterning as Meaning-Making Arousal is not neutral. I

Sarah Rabenou
Dec 18, 20252 min read


Surrogate Partner Therapy Basics
Surrogate partner therapy is a form of therapy in which a therapist & a surrogate partner work with a client to explore and overcome...

Sarah Rabenou
Apr 23, 20233 min read


Re-Coding Codependency
Codependency has a variety of definitions however, I would like to pose the idea that we are not just codependent with our partners, but...

Sarah Rabenou
Feb 14, 20222 min read


Toxic Entanglements
Are there any of you out there who find themselves in relationships or unable to release people who are toxic? Chaotic? Bring drama? Have...

Sarah Rabenou
Nov 5, 20212 min read
How to let go of unhealthy attachments...
So many people hold onto unhealthy attachments due to fear of feeling lonely, unloved, unworthy, not good enough, abandoned, inadequate,...

Sarah Rabenou
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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