Reconnect and Strategize To Finish the Year Strong Each year, as Labor Day comes around, I find myself feeling like a new year is starting. Yes, according to the calendar, we change to a new year on December... (more)

Something If you feel something, say something I’ve been noticing a theme in my conversations with couples recently. I think it’s safe to say that many of us are familiar with the minor disagreements with our partners about... (more)

Do you let your spouse seduce you? Remember when you were dating and desperately wanted the attention of your significant other. It was fun and exciting, and the thought of their touch was enough to make you melt.... (more)

What is the first thing you do when you walk in the door after work? How about when your significant other walks in the door? I regularly ask the couples I work with how they greet each other... (more)

Your marriage finally reached the point that you decided to try counseling. Together with your spouse, you bravely reached out and bared your most intimate struggles with a therapist.  You finally felt like progress was going to happen... (more)

Technoference in our Relationships It happens when you check your phone during a dinner conversation with your partner, when your child wants to show you something “really cool” but you just want to finish that video, or when... (more)

 We live in a world where being busy is celebrated. An appropriate answer to “How are you?” is “Busy”. “Multi-tasking” is considered “efficiency”. Finding time for yourself sometimes feels like an impossible task. It gets even more difficult... (more)

When someone gathers up the courage to communicate their true needs and desires to their partner in an authentic and vulnerable way, it can be nothing short of heartbreaking and defeating to see that your partner is back... (more)