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Fear of Intimacy – Five Tell Tale Signs

By |2017-09-13T19:37:42+00:00January 18th, 2011|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

At the age of 34 Matt had achieved everything he had set out to do when he decided to prove to his father that he wasn’t a waster. He had an exciting six figure salary job as a buyer of exotic furnishings for a global interior design company. Together with a large upscale home, a beautiful and intelligent wife Laura, and an adorable daughter, he was the envy of everyone in his social world. But Matt wasn’t happy. In fact he was angry and miserable because he felt excluded from Laura’s private world.

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How to avoid the same mistakes after a break up

By |2017-09-13T17:37:04+00:00January 13th, 2011|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues, separation counseling|

Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Announcing a divorce is shocking and painful Gerald came home after a business trip and announced to Beatrice that he wanted a divorce.  The shock of it made Beatrice stop breathing for a few seconds. She froze in a state of complete disbelief. For a moment there [...]

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Five ways to breach a misunderstanding with your partner

By |2017-09-13T19:45:33+00:00January 10th, 2011|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Sonia doubts her husband's sincerity and ends up feeling alone and empty Everything was wrong with Sonia's life and  she wanted her husband to fix it The thought of having to look for another job made Sonia angry,  stressed and depressed. Writing new resumes, interviewing, posting ads [...]

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Do you fit the four point profile of a cheater?

By |2017-09-13T20:49:50+00:00January 5th, 2011|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Between 40% to 76% of partners cheat at least once in a romantic relationship. Men and women cheat in similar ways. Your style of attachment determines whether you are going to cheat and whether you care more about sexual versus emotional infidelity. There are four pointers that make you likely to cheat. One is if you prefer autonomy over commitment. Read the others, and get an audio tip on reducing fear intimacy.

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Is relationship stress making your skin dry out?

By |2017-09-11T21:02:30+00:00December 29th, 2010|Anxiety therapy, relationship issues|

Having got her parents to acknowledge and care for her Chantal won her battle but lost her zest for life. Dry and brittle skin reflected the dried out insides she was experiencing as she lost motivation for life. An old stress disappeared but a new one arrived.

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How to deal with controlling people in your relationships

By |2017-09-11T19:24:03+00:00December 28th, 2010|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Family of Origin Counseling, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Relationships were hard work and Shirley was angry about it. There was no end to it. That made her even more angry. The angrier Shirley became the less her husband and children wanted to be near her. They too felt that they had to please her in order to be loved and accepted. Proving love through obedience rather than through a genuine joy of sharing herself with her family became the name of the game.

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Ten Ways to Manage Holiday Family Stress

By |2017-09-11T21:05:56+00:00December 16th, 2010|Anxiety therapy, Family Counseing, relationship issues|

Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Just the thought of family tensions, arguments and disappointments can stress you out, fill you with dread and cause fatigue. Anticipating hurt and misunderstandings while at the same time hoping it will be different this time sets you up for a roller coaster of emotions that make [...]

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How to Stop Anger From Ruining Good Times

By |2017-09-11T17:35:08+00:00December 2nd, 2010|Anxiety therapy, relationship issues|

Tony’s anger at having to wait all his life for his parents to take the initiative overtook any sense of pleasure in the victory. He was angry about all the efforts he had made that went nowhere. He was angry that he had been rebuffed for so long. He was deeply hurt that his parents didn’t appear to have any desire to get to know his children. Now that his parents were coming the anger was let loose from the vault he had used to store it. How can Tony reconcile his joy and anger?

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How to Make up After a Fight and Find Intimacy

By |2017-09-11T19:14:40+00:00November 21st, 2010|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

You know what it’s like after a disagreement or fight when you don’t want to be the first to speak, to make up, to get things back on a good footing with your loved one? So instead of waiting for your partner to go first, take a step toward intimacy by sharing your feelings. It will bring you nine positive outcomes including contentment that you are accepted, and more space and attention to be fully present in the moment

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