Year: 2010
We’ve all been there: you’ve just broken up with your special someone, said your goodbyes (“I don’t think we should see each other for a long time”), and then, without warning, you start doubting yourself. Maybe it starts with an email, or a text, or a phone call, but before you know it the two […]
READ ARTICLEI just came across a book titled, “Cheat 2 Save Your Marriage: True Stories of Spouses Cheating To Save Their Marriage.” As a couples counselor, it’s kind of hard not to comment. The basic premise of the book by Michael D. Moore, is that if he hadn’t held a nine-month affair with another woman, he […]
READ ARTICLEWhen couples experience a break in their connection, which is usually why they come to therapy, I encourage them to think back to the beginning of their relationship. Those were the days when they likely experienced their deepest level of connection. While, “How did you feel then?,” might be an obvious question to ask, an […]
READ ARTICLEOne of Tony Brunswick’s clients was wrestling with the “higher power” component of his substance abuse recovery program. The client struggled with his concept of God and organized faith traditions, making his 12-Step-style recovery more difficult. Brunswick, an American Counseling Association member who is a counselor at the So Others Might Eat Jordan House program […]
READ ARTICLEIn Washington, we’re mostly accustomed to relationships where both partners are of the same political persuasion. Blue man with blue woman. Red man with red woman. But what if only one of the partners is green? Leslie Kauman writes in the NY Times about how more and more therapists report that their clients are experiencing […]
READ ARTICLEIn my practice, I get to hear both sides of a common struggle of the sexes: women struggle to find a good, quality guy and some of the guys who fit that description can’t seem to get the women. What’s this all about? Well, Dean Melcher, founder of The Modern Man, a company in Australia […]
READ ARTICLEYou’ll probably have one of two reactions to this article and your reaction will probably say a lot about your age. A recent study by Divorce-Online of 5,000 divorce papers found that 20% off them referenced Facebook, primarily because individuals were having secret online chats with friends. This is where you’re thinking either “I told […]
READ ARTICLEHousehold finances is one of the crucial topics that I help couples discuss in premarital therapy. Those couples that don’t have this conversation before tying the knot often end up disagreeing about it later in their relationships. There are different ways that couples can handle their finances, which is why couples really need to figure […]
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As a mother to two young children and a wife to a loving husband, I often find myself asking, “Where did the ‘we’ in couple go when we added to children to our relationship?” It seems like the “us” is all to clear: family of four, 1:1 parent-child ratio at times, or one parent watching […]
READ ARTICLECaring behaviors are the perfect gifts to restore and increase love and goodwill in a marriage. They are specific behaviors that are done unconditionally to make our partners feel loved and cared for. Here’s how you can revitalize your relationship and heal the division in your home. Each one of you will need three pieces […]
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