What Orna Guralnik has said about Repetition compulsion
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 4, 2026
Orna Guralnik, Psychologist and psychoanalyst featured on the docuseries Couples Therapy, has been quoted on Repetition compulsion once in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on November 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Guralnik explains that the classical psychoanalytic account of attraction to toxic relationships is repetition compulsion, repeating an unresolved past dynamic.
“why people get pulled towards like abusive and toxic relationships is that it's some form of what we call in jargon repetition compulsion”
Call Her Daddy: Dr. Orna Guralnik: Couples Therapy 101 (FBF) (Nov 4, 2026) · Listen from 22:04
Episodes
Dr. Orna Guralnik: Couples Therapy 101 (FBF)Call Her Daddy · Nov 4, 2026 · 54 min
Alex Cooper talks with psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik about when to start couples therapy, healthy conflict, sex, toxic relationships, childhood patterns, and codependency.
Others on Repetition compulsion
- Alex Cooper · 1 quote
Orna Guralnik on other topics
- Relationship conflict · 4 quotes
- Psychotherapy · 4 quotes
- Marriage and long-term partnership · 2 quotes
- Sexuality in relationships · 2 quotes
- Codependency and love addiction · 1 quote
- Attachment theory · 1 quote
- Shame · 1 quote