Category: Relationships

Many couples who show up for couple therapy are at the end of their rope. Problems and resentments have been piling up for years. The partner most distressed has a host of…

Source: geralt/pixabay Zoe’s boyfriend, William, wanted Zoe to move with him to Chicago when he started graduate school, and so she did, leaving behind a job she enjoyed and the good friends…

Source: geralt / Pixabay One of the tenets of couple therapy is that sex, parenting, and money are the power issues— power because it is often not about how you work together…

Silence is the absence of intentional sound or purposeful quiet—and for many people it’s unsettling. Research (Koudenburg et al., 2011) in the Netherlands found that it takes only four seconds of silence…

In these turbulent days, it can be hard to feel heard. Tracking protests on social media made Sophie feel anxious and powerless, but she was unsure where to put her feelings. Her…

Everything is connected Source: Dreamstime 24834467 Do you remember the children’s rhyme “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” It is one of the worst pieces…

Thought experiment: What would life be like if you did not have a sense of touch? Our skin is our largest sense organ, constituting 16 to 18 percent of adult body weight,…

Source: Javaistan/Pixabay Relationships collapse or blow up for a seeming myriad of factors—affairs, ongoing arguments, abuse, feeling dismissed or micromanaged or not appreciated, or simply experiencing the steady undertow of boredom and…

Source: Juliano Astc / Pexels Have you noticed that despite really wanting to feel loved, you avoid or outright reject other people’s attempts to show you affection or to comfort you? And,…

Do you find that you are insecure in love? That is, you feel in love and completely devoted to your union but find yourself second-guessing if your partner is fully committed to…