Amara & Jonas
Couple · Gottman · Since Oct 2025
Amara Okafor & Jonas Bauer
Amara · she/her Jonas · he/him
The cycle
Harsh start-upAmara
Raises issues sharply
Jonas
Defends, counter-complains
Tracked across sessions, not buried in free text. The goal of the work is to help both partners see the cycle from the same side.
Relational timeline
Conflict cycles, ruptures and repairs, reflections and threads — carried forward from the last session.
Worked the harsh start-up. Practiced complaint-without-blame. Jonas's defensiveness softened by the end.
— Dr. Okonkwo
Jonas left the room for ~10 min after a flooding moment. Returned and re-engaged.
20 minutes, no problem-solving. Twogle guided prompt.
“I led with criticism again. I caught it this time, which felt different.”
— Amara
Self-reported argument frequency up this week. Watch, no safety concern reported.
As the clinician on this case you see all channels. Each client sees shared content plus only their own private channel.
Active homework
Stress-reducing conversation
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