If you’re searching for how to heal after an affair, you’re likely carrying a mix of hurt, confusion, and unanswered questions. Infidelity can shake the foundation of even long-standing relationships. Betrayal often triggers trauma responses, including symptoms...
Every couple has their strengths and struggles. At some point, you might find that you and your partner are running into recurring fights. You may be getting stuck in gridlocked patterns of self-protection, like defensiveness and criticism. At best, it is frustrating....
Blended families can be both challenging and exceptionally rewarding. When I met my husband, I had four children from my previous marriage, ages two, four, six, and eight, while he had one child on the way. By the time we married, we had five children altogether. One...
What is attachment? If you’ve ever Googled questions related to love, romance, or parenting, you might have come across the term “attachment.” You may have seen books on attachment at the library or even encountered the term in therapy. While the concept of attachment...
A Black couple in their 40s sit silently at their kitchen table one evening after arguing, for what seemed like hours, over the same issues that have been resurfacing more and more the past several months. They battled over a variety of issues spanning from their...
My client has a pained look on his face. One moment he’s on the brink of tears, and the next moment his brows are furrowed in anger. My client is struggling to decide whether to (finally) let go of his relationship. He longs to feel close, secure, and emotionally open...
Romantic relationships aren’t easy. Combining the personalities, backgrounds, and temperaments of two people is bound to result in some kind of friction, even if it’s just the rare squabble over what to watch on TV or how to load the dishwasher. But when you add in a...
It probably doesn’t come as a surprise that finances are the leading cause of stress in a relationship. Your romantic partner also serves as is also your financial partner and the ever-mounting stress, fear, panic, fighting, and “financial infidelity” end many...