https://pligg.samweber.biz/story.php?title=destructive-effects-of-criticism-on-marriages-and-relationships Instead of criticism, a partner offers a complaint that focuses on a specific behavior, without blame, using statements that express one’s own feelings and ask for a positive need or desire to be met. A person must be willing to honestly self-examine and discover what lies beneath the criticism. Usually, a criticism is tied to a deeper need that must be understood and effectively expressed by the partner. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:00:58 UTC en