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Giving Up and Giving in to Maintain Romantic Relationships

By |2024-03-11T22:47:20+00:00February 8th, 2024|Individual Counseling, relationship issues|

Giving up on important aspects in your relationship is deflating. Giving into your partner feels as if you are denying important parts of yourself in favor of your romantic relationship. Giving up on something you want, or giving up on getting through to your partner is a sense of defeat and or disempowerment. Giving [...]

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 Does Revenge Karma Work in Intimate Relationships or is it Magical Thinking?

By |2023-11-22T00:13:00+00:00November 17th, 2023|Affair Recovery Counseling, Anger Issues, Depression Counseling, Family Counseing, Individual Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, relationship issues|

Thoughts of  revenge karma are so sweet! Especially when you have suffered at the hands of a loved one and have to suck it up. Imagining that the perpetrator will get their comeuppance one day offers some comfort.  Revenge karma involves a belief that there is a higher power that knows who is good [...]

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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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Letting Go – Why You Can But Why You Don’t

By |2023-05-11T20:23:26+00:00May 11th, 2023|Anger Issues, Depression Counseling, Family of Origin Counseling, Individual Counseling, Insecurity Counseling|

Letting go aint easy, as the song say. Isn’t it infuriating when a close friend, or family member tells you to “get over it,” or “just let go.” It’s a double whammy – not only are you already feeling unstable through a wound, but the intolerance of loved ones makes you feel even less [...]

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Should You Wait for a Partner to Change, if that Partner Cannot Change?

By |2023-03-17T17:28:29+00:00February 9th, 2023|Abusive Relationship Counseling, Anger Management Counseling, couples therapy, Individual Counseling|

“I’m waiting for my partner to change” is a phrase that appears to come up over and over again in my work with individuals who are struggling in relationships that are sometimes safe and satisfying, but at other times devaluing, diminishing and dismissive. Waiting for a partner to change – when does it start? [...]

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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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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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How Worrying and Boredom Team up to Keep You Stuck

By |2020-06-17T23:32:37+00:00June 17th, 2020|Anxiety therapy, Individual Counseling, Insecurity Counseling|

How Worrying and Boredom Team up to Keep You Stuck Worrying and boredom are two of the most complaints I hear from clients, but more pronounced during the pandemic lockdown. Here are some of the remarks regarding worrying and boredom that have stuck with me: “I worry that my partner will make me the bad [...]

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Marriage After Infidelity

By |2020-02-05T23:10:09+00:00February 5th, 2020|Affair Recovery Counseling, Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, Individual Counseling, Insecurity Counseling|

 Marriage After Infidelity You are stunned, disoriented and your whole world has shattered. You can’t believe that your partner cheated on you and lied to you about the affair. You want to throw the cheater into an incinerator together with the disgust, betrayal and rejection. But there is another part of you that wonders if [...]

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Are You Trapped in a Loveless Marriage?

By |2019-10-29T18:54:02+00:00September 18th, 2019|Couples Counseling, couples therapy, Individual Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, relationship issues|

Feeling trapped in a loveless marriage is unbearable. But it doesn't have to mean a life time of suffering if you discover the profound beliefs that keep you trapped and prevent you from being yourself and worthy of love in the marriage.

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