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Overcoming Heartbreak: 7 Stages of Healing
February 22, 2021 .
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By Kendall Coffman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Overcoming Heartbreak: 7 Stages of Healing Heartbreak can leave us with a hollow and cold feeling as well as a loss of a sense ... Read More
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Why People Stay in Toxic Relationships
February 15, 2021 .
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By Chareessa Chee, Licensed Professional Counselor Why People Stay in Bad Relationships Sometimes we stay in bad, even toxic relationships longer than we really want to. It’s not ... Read More
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I Love You, I Hate You: Surviving Relationship Churn
January 18, 2020 .
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Businesses have long used the term churn to denote the loss of customers and clients. More recently, psychologists have introduced the concept of relationship churn. In this context, relationship ... Read More
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What’s the Best Way to Break Up? September 17, 2018 . 5 Comments
Dear GoodTherapy, I have been with my boyfriend for over a year now and I don’t see a future together. It was fun for a while, but now it feels stale and unexciting. I don’t ... Read More
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When One Partner Wants to Leave and the Other Wants to Stay
May 23, 2018 .
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What do you to when one person wants to leave their marriage and the other person wants to keep working on it? The would-be marriage leaver may have limited motivation to work on the relationship. ... Read More
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7 Steps to Overcome the Pain of Rejection When a Partner Leaves
April 15, 2018 .
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Our first therapy session began … The day I found her text on my husband’s phone is a day I will never forget. My whole life changed in an instant. I was stunned and in disbelief. I ... Read More
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Putting Back Together the Pieces of a Broken Heart
January 27, 2018 .
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One of life’s greatest joys can be connecting to another soul in what may sometimes feel like a lonely world. A good relationship can be a landing on which to fall when the inevitable ... Read More
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Still Worthy: Coping with Doubt and Grief After Loss
November 3, 2017 .
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Three years ago my life changed overnight when I suddenly and very unexpectedly lost my best friend Diana. I can’t begin to describe the shock I experienced, or the depth of pain ... Read More
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Help! How Do You Keep Mutual Friendships Intact After a Breakup? September 29, 2017 . 6 Comments
Dear GoodTherapy.org, My girlfriend and I recently broke up, reluctantly, after two years together. We both felt strongly about remaining close friends, and we talked at length about looking ... Read More
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Leaving a Person with Narcissism: Here Comes the Smear Campaign
September 20, 2017 .
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It took FOREVER to finally leave the person in your life with narcissism, only to realize that once you made that fateful decision, your name became mud. Your ex is not going to let you ... Read More
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Break Up or Make Up? What to Consider Before Reconsidering Your Ex
July 20, 2017 .
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When a couple breaks up, it is often inevitable that one or both of the parties involved consider the idea of getting back together. After a breakup, it’s often easier for us to look ... Read More
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Placebo Effect May Help Ease Pain of Broken Heart After Breakup
May 8, 2017 .
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When people take steps they believe will help them move past the end of a relationship, they may begin to feel better, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The ... Read More