Dealing with Family on the Holidays
"Dealing" with family. It would be nice if everybody was able to cherish their family time in the manner the holiday classics envision, but sadly, this isn't reality for [read more]
8 Ways to Be a Better Partner in 2016
I posted this a few years ago, however it could always be a good start to the year to improve how we approach our relationships. As the new year [read more]
8 Tricks to Sustaining Sex in Your Relationship
Sex can be difficult to sustain in relationships. While there are some who are able to do it, there are generally factors that can counter sexual excitement in relationships. [read more]
8 Ways to Be a Better Partner in 2014
As the new year approaches, people often take the opportunity to re-evaluate who they are and consider the changes they’d like to make in their lives. This is something [read more]
How to Change a Struggling Relationship Into a Healthy Relationship
This is the “part 2” to the article “10 Signs You May Be in an Unhealthy Relationship”. It was brought to my attention that in the first article I [read more]
10 Signs You May Be in an Unhealthy Relationship
Technically, a relationship needs to only be defined by the people who are in the relationship. What is a “good (or healthy) relationship” for two people may be completely [read more]
Coming to Grips with Marriage: “This is It??”
Many individuals and couples come into therapy with a similar relationship complaint: being married isn’t what they expected. More specifically, the reality of marriage is not aligned with their [read more]
Arguing the Past: “You Did Not Say That!”
Have you ever been in an argument with your partner where you both reference a conversation or an event that occurred in the past, and can’t agree on what [read more]
Relationship Technique: The Argument Contest
What’s an argument contest? If I were to give a more appropriate name to this relationship technique, it would be the ‘Who Can Stop an Argument the Fastest?’ contest. [read more]
Why do Couples Argue?
In my most recent post about why it can sometimes be frustrating to be around in-laws, I discussed the “comfort zone” that people subconsciously seek in finding relationships. To [read more]