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About Risa Ganel, LCMFT Owner/Principal Therapist

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Risa Ganel, LCMFT Owner/Principal Therapist has contributed 39 entries to our website, so far.

This is how your marriage ends…

This is how your marriage ends…

Often, it’s not a big bang that ends a marriage (though it certainly can be from betrayal and other significant relational traumas).

Quiz: Which Part of Your Body is Running your Relationship? Your Heart or Your Head?

Quiz: Which Part of Your Body is Running your Relationship? Your Heart or Your Head?

Love…that’s why we are in a relationship, right? Because we’re in love. 

It’s like talking to a wall…

It’s like talking to a wall…

“I bring up what’s bothering me and he just shuts down. All I get is silence. He won’t talk to me”.

Is marriage supposed to make us happy?

Is marriage supposed to make us happy?

I attended a wedding the other weekend and weddings always have me contemplate the work that I do.

4 More Ways Self Compassion Can Improve Your Relationship

4 More Ways Self Compassion Can Improve Your Relationship

This hit me like a ton of bricks when I first heard it:

“We think that we’ve set up trusting relationships with people because we’re always there to help them.”

3 Ways Self Compassion Improves Your Relationship

3 Ways Self Compassion Improves Your Relationship

When most people think of ways to improve their marriage, they likely think of being kinder to their spouse, or...

The #1 Factor Blocking Happiness

The #1 Factor Blocking Happiness

Lisa harbored deep resentment at her husband of 15 years, Scott (not their real names).

The Antidote to Defensiveness

The Antidote to Defensiveness

“Every time I bring up something that bothers me, he gets defensive.”

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