Partner-focused medication focuses on partners being empathetic towards each other and selflessly understanding each other’s emotional barriers.

Partner-focused loving-kindness meditation

Learning to be mindful allows an individual to focus more on the present moment without any judgments. This makes it easier for one to feel more thankful for the more subtle, pleasant aspects of their life.  

Learning to be Mindful of Daily Pleasurable Experiences

Mindful touching and eye-gazing involve an individual touching their partner or looking into their eyes and thinking about the feelings they experience in that moment.

Mindful Touching and Eye-Gazing

there consists of 3 techniques used in MBRE:
- partner-focused loving-kindness meditation 
- learning to be mindful of daily pleasant events
- improving intimacy through mindful touching and eye-gazing


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Mindfulness-based relationship enhancement is a set of techniques to help enhance coping skills for stress when in a relationship. The goal of MBRE is to learn to be mindful by accepting and facing any sort of relationship challenges that you as an individual or as a couple experience, and making time to react and make decisions.

Mindfulness-Based Relationship Enhancement (MBRE)

Cuncic, A. (2020, October 21). Understanding Mindfulness-Based Relationship Enhancement. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-mindfulness-based-relationship-enhancement-4685242#what-is-mindfulness-based-relationship-enhancement

Understanding Mindfulness-Based Relationship Enhancement

Techniques used in MBRE

The strategies used for MBRE can make the individual more aware in a relationship and see problems through a challenge-oriented view rather than a relationship defining threat. Additional benefits include:

- contentment in relationship
- acceptance of partner
- individual security in oneself
- increased empathy
- ability to effectively deal with relationship stress
- flexibility in communication (able to discuss a wide variety of topics)


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