The #1 Relationship Skill Most Couples in Wilmington Overlook
One of the greatest human failings is to prefer to be right rather than effective.
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Navigating Retirement as a Couple: Shared Paths—Or Not?
Retirement: more time for love… and more time to notice how loud your partner chews. 😅
What Do People Want From Therapy?
There are three primary things that people want from therapy. These items are based on a recent valid survey of over 15oo responses as reported by researcher Linda Michaels, PsyD, MBA. She is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Chicago. She is also the chair and co-founder of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), a […]
Dreams Within Conflict, Or Is It Values?
If partners fail to uncover and honor these dreams (values), gridlocked conflict (arguments that never go anywhere) will inevitably ensue.
I Was Parked, And Panic Ensued
Living with panic attacks is no picnic. Learn why they can happen with no apparent reason.
Why Does Good Couples Therapy Fail? 7 Reasons
What are the reasons good couples therapy fails?
My Twelve Rules For Productive Couples Counseling
I have twelve rules that have proven effective for having productive couples counseling. These rules particularly apply to couples in distress, who wonder if they should even be together at all.
Why Do We Love Personality Tests?
Ahhhh. We do love a quiz that promises to reveal ourselves to our, well, ourselves. And big business loves to to see how well you might fit into their organizational team. That we love personality tests is the why that drives their proliferation. But I wonder if you might like to understand why many of […]
What Is Clean Pain vs. Dirty Pain?
So what is clean pain vs. dirty pain? Recently I ran across this description of the ways couples typically interact that just rang true. This concept of pain describes both the perils and the possibilities that exist within our relationships. If you can agree that pain is a given at times with our partners, this […]
Couples Can Be Cruel To Each Other
Couples are cruel to each other in many different ways. Couples betray each other in many different ways. Beyond the obvious betrayal of affairs, cruelty is is far more common that we think within our most valued relationship.