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Fallen out of love – Or Just Burst The Romantic Bubble?

By |2023-07-12T18:54:33+00:00July 12th, 2023|Breakups and Separation, Couples Counseling, couples therapy, Individual Counseling, Intimacy, separation counseling, Uncategorized|

Do you ever wonder if you are fallen out of love with your romantic partner? Maybe it crosses your mind when you feel unseen, unheard, or ignored. Nagging doubts creep up about whether you partner is lovable or worth loving when you feel as if you are irrelevant, or non-existent. Perhaps you wonder if [...]

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Managing the Threat of Perimenopausal Rage in Marital Relations

By |2023-06-08T00:44:35+00:00June 8th, 2023|Anger Issues, Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, stress|

Perimenopausal rage is real, straining and threatening the relationship between partners. Perimenopausal rage is a common symptom on the journey to full menopause, (between 3-4 years), as levels of estrogen drop and propel changes in systems that control dopamine, and serotonin, making women more likely to have mood swings. Stress hormones such as cortisol [...]

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Three Attractions of Staying in an Unhappy Relationship

By |2023-01-17T17:36:44+00:00January 16th, 2023|Anger Issues, Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, Family of Origin Counseling|

“Why am I staying in an unhappy relationship?” is a question many of my patient’s ask themselves out loud when their latest interactions make them feel hopeless, demeaned, and destroyed. Staying in an unhappy relationship has benefits, keeping you drawn in by a magnetic force. That force is produced by unfinished phases of personal [...]

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Being Honest With Your Partner Is Hard – The Brutal Reason Why

By |2022-11-14T18:47:18+00:00November 2nd, 2022|Couples Counseling, Family of Origin Counseling, Insecurity Counseling|

Being honest with your partner seems like a no brainer. Almost everyone believes it’s a given when they fall in love and set up home and family with their chosen one. But most people think being honest with your partner is about accounting for your whereabouts, money issues, childcare, family obligations, life-style and so [...]

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What’s Your Style of Caring? Do You Care About, Care For, or Care Through Co- Dependency

By |2022-10-06T16:52:04+00:00October 6th, 2022|Couples Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Intimacy|

Style of caring? Who ever heard of that? It’s a load of nonsense psychobabble! I bet that’s what’s going through your head right now. But it you are reading this, then you are intrigued, and may be wondering what exactly is your style of caring. You may think you care about your loved ones, [...]

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Three Ways a Relationship Crisis Benefits Communication, Intimacy and Self-care

By |2022-06-09T21:51:26+00:00June 9th, 2022|Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, couples therapy, Family Counseing, Grief Counseling, Individual Counseling, Intimacy, Parenting Counseling|

Three Ways a Relationship Crisis Benefits Communication, Intimacy and Self-care The very term relationship crisis makes your heart stop, your blood pressure sky rocket and a flood of adrenalin preparing you for fight/flight/or freeze. It’s unpleasant and threatening. Most of us want to avoid a relationship crisis and do everything we can to avoid [...]

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Spotting Insecurities and Addressing it to Strengthen Relationships

By |2021-10-27T16:52:56+00:00October 27th, 2021|Anxiety Treatment, Breakups and Separation, Communication Issues, Couples Counseling, Family of Origin Counseling, Fear and Pani, Insecurity Counseling, relationship issues, Separation and Loss, separation counseling|

Spotting Insecurities and Addressing Them to Strengthen Relationships Spotting insecurities in yourself can be scary and shameful as a client recently told me about being stuck in a relationship where he felt demeaned and devalued. He wanted to learn how to become more secure inside of himself to withstand the put downs, let downs [...]

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Seven Ways to Say, “I love you,” and Six Ways That Fail

By |2020-12-12T16:58:30+00:00December 11th, 2020|Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, Family of Origin Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Intimacy, separation counseling|

Seven Ways to Say, “I love you,” and Six Ways That Fail. “I love you!” says your partner as they go off to get on with their day. “Love you” says your mom as you end a phone conversation and you say it back. Do you feel loved in that moment? Are you experiencing loving [...]

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Mindful Co-parenting During Marital Tensions – Five Ways to Ensure Success

By |2020-11-17T17:34:24+00:00November 17th, 2020|Couples Counseling, Family of Origin Counseling, Parenting Counseling|

Mindful Co-parenting During Marital Tensions - Five Ways to Ensure Success Mindful co-parenting involves thinking about how you want to bring up your children, putting it into words, sharing it with each other and planning a strategy of implementation based on nurturing the children - rather than about winning or losing points in the marital [...]

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Feeling Loved in a Pandemic

By |2020-08-25T00:39:56+00:00August 25th, 2020|Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, couples therapy, Family of Origin Counseling, Individual Counseling|

Three Crucial Ways to Feeling Loved in a Pandemic Feeling loved in a pandemic is problematic when there is more pressure on partners to make each feel valued when the world feels so unpredictable. Scared that her family may become infected with Covid-19, Claire a 35-year-old optometrist was extra careful about cleaning everything before it [...]

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