Relationship Tips
4 Thoughtful Ways to Move Through Grief
Have you ever lost a close relationship or an important person in your life? Grief will impact all of us at some point in our lives. Whether it is the loss of a loved one, relationship, pet, or way of life, grief does not discriminate. During times of loss, it can be...
How a Soft Start-Up Can Cool Down Your Heated Argument
How did your last heated argument start? Was it emotionally charged and tinged with blame? Or perhaps your disagreement was born out of resentment and frustration. Regardless of the source of your last argument, studies have shown that how a difficult conversation...
Can ChatGPT Help My Relationship?
When ChatGPT ("Chatbot Generative Pre-trained Transformer"), the groundbreaking language model from Artificial Intelligence (AI), became available to the public in November 2022, social media was dazzled by its stunning capabilities. Within days, it attracted more...
How to Win and Lose a Perspective Battle With Your Spouse
Have you ever engaged in a perspective battle with your partner? These types of conflicts are very common among couples. When couples are in a perspective battle, they aren’t listening to understand each other, rather, they are listening only to defend their point of...
Can My Grief Be Connected to My Addiction?
While grief is a natural and often integral part of life, it can be challenging to navigate. When you're grieving, you're working through a series of losses to recreate the structure and routine essential to your day-to-day. Because of these challenges, it's no...
How to Support Your Kids Through Your Divorce
As therapists, we witness firsthand the emotional toll divorce can take on families, especially when children are involved. To shed light on this delicate topic, therapist Dr. Faith Drew had the privilege of interviewing Kyle LeBlanc, a North Carolina Board Certified...
Build a Strong Marriage With These 2 Premarital Questionnaires
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! You and your fiance are undoubtedly experiencing an exciting time filled with anticipation and dreams for married life. You're not alone if your engagement includes wedding-related stress and distractions that hinder focused...
5 Ways You Can Help Your Partner With Work Burnout
If your partner has seemed increasingly stressed, tired, low, or irritable lately, they may be experiencing burnout. Burnout is a common but often misunderstood experience. The APA Dictionary of Psychology defines burnout as "physical, emotional or mental exhaustion,...
How Will You Bring Back Fun Into Your Relationship?
Many couples enter into therapy desperately wanting to reconnect with their partner. One complaint we hear often is, “We just don’t have fun together anymore!” For many relationships, fun couples activities can get put on the back-burner pretty quickly for a multitude...
10 Thoughtful Questions to Ask Your Partner on Vacation
Do you and your spouse have a vacation planned? Are you hoping to leave the trip feeling recharged and more connected to your spouse? Some couples notice that their day-to-day routines can leave them feeling drained and longing for more time together, particularly...