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What Do YOU Think?
Over and over again I work with clients who are feeling challenged by behavior that is motivated because they are concerned with how or what people will think of them. … Continue reading →
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The Best Intentions
One of the best relationship coping mechanisms that I have in my tool box and share with clients is that of “qualifying intention”. Let’s face it, sustaining a loving, healthy, … Continue reading →
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If You Aren’t Worth It – What your partner needs to know
You can only accept the love you think you deserve….. In a previous post, I wrote about feeling lovable, about thinking through the old, incorrect, internal messages that you may have … Continue reading →
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A Letter to My Children: A Mother’s Fear
Steve Corey / Foter / CC BY-NC (Note: this is not entirely written of my personal experience but a culmination of the hopes, dreams, and fears that have been shared … Continue reading →
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Master the Art of Allowing
BrittneyBush / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND For quite some time, the word “allowing” has been prominent in my thought process and I often talk about it when conducting couples therapy … Continue reading →
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Be Happy – Set Boundaries!
Each of us has a set of values, hopes, dreams, and a ‘code’ that we would like to live by. Some of us are conscious of it, others ‘feel’ it, … Continue reading →
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When Forever Feels Like A Long Time – Thoughts about Marriage
My brother recently married and with wedding season about to step into full swing I thought it appropo to share here, some of the sisterly (dusted with professional) advice that … Continue reading →
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You Left Me…. Consequences of Feeling Abandoned
One of the more recent labels popularized by psychology pop culture is the term “abandonment”. Clients will frequently start an introductory session with “I have abandonment issues” but it’s rare …...
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No One is “Making” you….
I can’t keep track of how many times a week I talk about removing the word YOU from statements when people are talking to one another and most importantly, the … Continue reading →
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Benefits of Having a Snuggle Buddy – How 5 Minutes a Day Can Change Your...
One of the things I hear A LOT when I work with couples is that “things have changed from when we were first together”. Let’s be realistic, relationships change. As … Continue reading →
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Text Me Not
I read the other day that 91% of American adults now own cell phones. In fact, many of us have completely retired land lines. Why not? Cell phones allow us … Continue reading →
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Partnerships Defined – the anatomy of a good relationship
In the course of couple’s therapy I am almost always investigating the extent to which the couple is navigating their partnership. As may be imagined, the entire model of ‘partnership’ … Continue...
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A Slow and Painful Death
I often witness conversational exchanges between two people where one of the individuals expresses themselves by harshly criticizing the other: “You are always telling lies” “You don’t have any...
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