288: Relationship Repair with Shane Birkel

This episode is brought to you by Alma. Visit to learn more Sign up for the June 2026 Cohort of Shane's Certified Couples Intensive Training (CIT): Get the Couples Therapy 101 course: Join the Couples Therapist Inner Circle: Join The Couples Therapist Couch Facebook Group: In this solo episode, Shane talks relationship repair. Hear why repair is one of the most underrated skills in a relationship, the research experiments behind relationship repair, why the rupture is inevitable, why repair is so hard for so many couples, and how to help your clients build their capacity for repair.

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288: Relationship Repair with Shane Birkel is an episode from The Couples Therapist Couch by Shane Birkel.

This episode is 27:29 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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