Relationships and Marriage

Just as the experience of a traumatic event impacts and alters the relationship you have with yourself, such an experience also impacts your relationships with others. The manner in which ... Read More

Marriage partners are in a sense yoked together. Couples need therefore skills for making decisions cooperatively. If they can choose together when to turn left and when to turn right neither ... Read More

In my practice, I see so many couples who say they are seeking help for improving their communication skills. They work so hard adding to their communication tool belt. Typically feel disappointed ... Read More

I’m pondering on what the meaning of love is – and how we think of it as a society. This past week, I watched two movies that were designed to get us thinking about love, from two ... Read More

What can you do to improve the chances that couples therapy is worth the time and money you put into it? In other words, what makes marriage counseling work? With the help of a skilled ... Read More

Most of us do not consciously think about reciprocity in our intimate relationships. When we do, we might say, “Of course it is important.” Like the Golden Rule, we recognize ... Read More

All couples have different viewpoints from time to time. All couples, especially in the early years of marriage, discover areas where his way and her way differ. The challenge of becoming ... Read More

Most of the couples who walk into my office are monogamous, or at least aspire to have a one-on-one relationship. But some people believe that wedding vows or other exclusive agreements ... Read More

Are you tired of intense and destructive marital arguing and want it to stop? Do you need some space to think about things more clearly? Are you thinking about a separation but are not ... Read More

For years in our culture, most of us have defined family in a particular way. We assume that when we say “family” we mean a group of people who are related by birth, adoption, and marriage. ... Read More

You are out at a bar and meet someone who seems attractive, interesting, and interested in you. He asks you for your number, and you offer it up freely. The next day you get a call from ... Read More

When people say, “We have a great relationship,” what they often mean is how they feel when they talk with one another. They mean, “I feel positive toward that person when we ... Read More