Kathryn Ford, MD

Kathryn Ford, MD Psychiatrist, couples therapist and author.

After more than 20 years of helping couples quickly turn their difficulties into stronger, more lasting, connection she has written 'The Aperture Effect' available now.

09/08/2025

A small softening in your aperture can change the entire tone of a conversation.

You don’t have to overhaul your emotional state. The body often shifts in subtleties. A breath. A release of tension. When your system softens, even just slightly, it invites your partner into safety—and that’s what transforms dialogue.

💬 What helps you soften in the middle of conflict?

🔍 Where is your aperture guiding you today?This is your innate capacity—it’s not something you have to earn or develop f...
09/06/2025

🔍 Where is your aperture guiding you today?

This is your innate capacity—it’s not something you have to earn or develop from scratch. But like a radio station just slightly off-tune, it needs attention. When you learn to listen, relationships transform.

09/04/2025

Openness is the source of connection, creativity, and healing.

This isn’t just a poetic idea—it’s biological truth. When our nervous systems feel safe and open, our capacity to love, to solve, and to repair expands. This is where real healing happens—inside moments of openness, not perfection.

✨ How does openness show up in your relationships?

✨ Most conversations do not require a resolution—they require a way of relating that preserves connection. The idea that...
09/04/2025

✨ Most conversations do not require a resolution—they require a way of relating that preserves connection. The idea that resolution is always the goal can be misleading. Sometimes what’s needed is simply connection.
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08/29/2025

What is Aperture Awareness?❤️

🧠 “Handling mistakes well creates a relationship where it is safe to get it wrong and safe to learn.”This is the opposit...
08/28/2025

🧠 “Handling mistakes well creates a relationship where it is safe to get it wrong and safe to learn.”

This is the opposite of perfectionism. When partners trust that they will be forgiven and that their relationship is sturdy, they feel emotionally safe. Mistakes no longer feel like threats they become opportunities for growth. That’s the power of a relationship that allows for do-overs.

✨Read more: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/openings/202508/the-do-over-quick-fix-for-relationship-mistakes

✨ In The Aperture Effect, I describe aperture as the North Star that helps us navigate the complexity of intimate relati...
08/25/2025

✨ In The Aperture Effect, I describe aperture as the North Star that helps us navigate the complexity of intimate relationships. We return to it again and again.
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In , I encourage readers to take responsibility for their own openness. That’s how relational change begins. Available ...
08/22/2025

In , I encourage readers to take responsibility for their own openness. That’s how relational change begins. Available now.
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08/20/2025

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