Learning to Respond to Your Partner
One of the most important lessons in couples therapy is learning how to respond rather than react to one another. This communication tool is simple to learn and understand, yet tremendously important. When you react to someone, you are saying or doing the first thing...
When Your Partner Won’t Agree to Couples Counseling
Every now and then, I hear from someone who is super motivated to start couples counseling, but feels stuck because his or her partner is resistant to the idea. Talk about feeling stuck between a rock and a hard place! No matter what your reasons are, if you want to...
Recovering from Infidelity
Recovering from infidelity is possible! I have seen couples enter the therapy room overwhelmed with feelings of shock, embarrassment, guilt, anger, grief, rage, and fear…and then after a little while, they learn how to turn towards one another, rebuild their...