Healing From Trauma
Two individuals are robbed at gunpoint. One experiences overwhelming helplessness and has a hard month. But by the end of...
The Impact of Unresolved Trauma on Relationships
Physicians use the word “trauma” to describe a serious injury to the physical body resulting from a sudden impact, such...
Bored with Your Relationship? You need more play
When my children were school age, the stress that appeared in January/February over which summer camps to sign up for, which would sell out the fastest, and which would be fun while also manageable with my work schedule definitely was not fun.
Can You Become a Super Communicator?
The majority of couples answer my question, “What do you hope to get out of couples therapy,” the same way…
“We want to communicate better.”
Feeling Frustrated? Try this.
At the start of every therapy session, I ask my clients, “What’s on your mind today?” and the first response is usually, “I’m so frustrated!”
The Power of One
I didn’t feel like working out. That’s not unusual for me.
Why do couples stop having sex?
“Why don’t we have sex anymore? We used to be all over each other”, John said in his first couples therapy session with his wife, Anna.
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).