Aren’t seemingly perfect couples the most imperfect? Olena Kudinova/Getty Images/iStockphoto
INTERVIEW – Psychoanalyst and marriage therapist Cecilia Como deciphers the quest for marital perfection that still drives many of us, and which is harmful.
There are loving duos that seem without any harshness. Of those who seem passionate, complicit, always in tune for years, and whom everyone sees and identifies as the perfect couple. Those whose separation stuns those around them, therefore. This situation does not surprise Cecilia Como, a psychoanalyst and marriage therapist. He takes home. there are no ideal relationships. We only have access to the veneer of the couples around us, but rarely to their reality. Author of the book There is no such thing as a perfect couple (1), the expert deciphers this quest for marital perfection, its origins and mechanisms. Interview:
Madame Figaro: In the collective imagination, what does the perfect couple look like?
Cecilia Como. The concept has evolved over time. Today, we expect others to be a very good lover, a trustworthy person, to know how to listen, to comfort, to be connected to us. We dream of a partnership, a partner who wants to “build” with us…
Source: Le Figaro
