Richard Nicastro, PhD examines why couples fight and proposes that bickering isn’t always the way...
Sex And Relationships
Ask Lisa: Uncomfortable with my boyfriend’s relationship with his female friend
Trust, once broken, can feel really challenging to mend. However, with consistent effort,...
Ask Lisa : Lack of Emotional Safety in My Relationship
A woman shares her concern about the lack of emotional safety in her relationship and her...
How to Create More Intimacy in Your Relationship
Intimacy, the feeling of closeness and emotional connection with another person, is the cornerstone of healthy and fulfilling relationships, playing a vital role in relationship satisfaction,...
Help for High-Conflict Couples
Having a healthy, loving and connected relationship is one of the most rewarding experiences. Couples often start out in a good place and can’t imagine things going awry. The biologically...
Happy 2024, I Have a Few Things for You
2023 was quite a year. To say there have been some challenges is an understatement but my hope for you is that you are finding some inspiration and optimism for the New Year. There were highs,...
5 Steps to Create Positive Change in Your Relationship
Marriage and/or long-term intimate relationships have the potential to be incredibly rewarding and people generally do the best they can with what they know. Couples can generally do well over time...
Whether Single or in a Relationship, Flirting is Good For Your Health
If you are single or in a relationship, it is paramount that you know how to flirt. It not only improves your relationships with others, it also improves your physical and emotional health. A...
Too Independent in Your Relationship?
Jennifer Chappell Marsh, MFT explores independence vs interdependence in relationships and what secure attachment looks like. Many of us have heard the saying, “At the end of the day, you only have...
Is Your Relationship in Red Alert?
The most dangerous relationship threat isn’t always what is the most visible, like a pattern of high conflict or obvious lack of kindness or disrespect. Those are clearly problematic signs that...
Healthy Relationships: Assessing the Emotional Safety
Couples seek relationship counseling for numerous reasons. No matter what issues they present to therapy with, it often can be boiled down to a problem with the emotional safety in their...
10 Characteristics of Successful Relationships
People seeking couples counseling seek change to a relationship dynamic that isn’t working in some way. The problems can include poor communication, lack of emotional safety, resentment, trust...