How to Cope With a Controlling Partner

Series Summary

In the contexts of sociology and popular culture, the concept of interpersonal relationships involves social associations, connections or affiliations between two or more people. Such persons may interact overtly, covertly, face-to-face or may remain effectively unknown to each other, as in a virtual community whose members maintain anonymity and do not socialize outside of a chat room. The discovery or establishment of common ground between people provides a fundamental component for enduring interpersonal relationships. Loss of common ground, which may happen over time, may tend to end interpersonal relationships. In this free video series, a psychologist provides advice on dealing with relationship problems, specifically those that exist in marriage. Learn how to know if a significant other is cheating, how to deal with the aftermath of infidelity and how to compromise in marriage. Discover how to make a husband happy, how to communicate better with a wife and what to do when a marriage is falling apart. With these marriage counseling tips, a husband or wife can start working on making their relationship stronger.

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Reka Morvay I'm a psychologist and I'm going to talk to you about how to cope with a controlling partner. In the short term, it is most important for you to find your boundaries with regards to your partner. Define what it is that you feel are your rights and what you should be able to do without your partner interfering. Whether that is your personal freedom of movement, how you conduct your everyday business. How you want to live your life. Discuss with your partner and clearly define and set your boundaries. And make sure that they are respected. The second thing that's very important is to find out why your partner is so controlling. Is there a trust issue behind it. Is there any other personality based issue behind it. It might be worth going to see a professional counselor or therapist to work through these control issues because if it is something that is affecting your everyday life, then it will have to find a solution for it long term."