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Why You Overwork to Avoid Your Emotions (And How to Break the Cycle)
Our culture has a complicated relationship with busyness. Packed schedules are worn like badges of...
What Progress Looks Like in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Many couples arrive at therapy feeling stuck in the same painful patterns. Perhaps you've noticed...
Simple Communication Tips to Strengthen Your Relationship
"Communication is the key to any relationship." You've probably heard this phrase countless times,...
Anxious Attachment Style: 5 Tips for Making Dating Easier
If you've ever caught yourself checking your phone obsessively after a first date, worrying that a...
What Happens When Your Partner Won’t Go to Couples Therapy?
You've been thinking about couples therapy for weeks, maybe months. You finally work up the...
How to Navigate Grief and Loss During the Holiday Season
The holiday season arrives each year wrapped in expectations of joy, togetherness, and...
Work-From-Home Relationships: Surviving and Thriving in 24/7 Togetherness
More couples than ever are navigating the unique challenge of working from home together. While...
How Body Image Struggles Can Affect Your Relationship—And What to Do About It
Body image is deeply personal, yet it doesn't exist in a vacuum. The way you see and feel about...
Care.com: How to prioritize your partnership when parenting gets overwhelming
In a thoughtful new article on Care.com, Stephanie Saari, LMFT, highlights how parenting often...
Why Listening Matters More Than Problem-Solving in Relationships
When your partner shares a frustration or concern, your first instinct might be to jump in with...
What Progress Looks Like in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Many couples arrive at therapy feeling stuck in the same painful patterns. Perhaps you've noticed...
Understanding Attachment Styles with Emotionally Focused Therapy
Have you ever wondered why you react in certain ways in relationships? Do you question why some...
Emotionally Focused Therapy: How Do You Know If Its Working in Your Relationship?
Maybe you and your partner have been attending counseling sessions for Emotionally Focused Therapy...
What to Know About Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety can take a serious toll on relationships. An individual can experience an...
Embracing Openness: Ways to Practice Emotional Vulnerability
Do you get nervous about expressing yourself honestly? Being emotionally vulnerable isn’t easy....
The Lasting Effects of Unmet Childhood Needs on Adult Relationships
If you did not have your needs met by your caregivers when you were a young child, it can have a...
Anxious Attachment: What It Is and How to Deal With It
Do you find yourself constantly worrying about your partner's feelings for you? Do you need a lot...
When to Consider Couples Counseling
Taking the first step to start couples therapy is often the hardest, causing many couples to put...
Coping with Infidelity: How to Heal and Move Forward
Uncovering infidelity in your relationship—whether emotional, physical, or digital—can feel like...
Drawing the Line: What Is the Difference Between Emotional Infidelity and Friendship?
Perhaps your partner has expressed concerns about your relationship with a close friend. You see...
Infidelity in Relationships: Just How Widespread Is It?
Many people struggle with infidelity in their relationships. Perhaps you have been cheated on in...
Infidelity: What to do After Discovering an Affair
Has the discovery of an affair rocked your relationship? Does it feel like the rug has...
Simple Communication Tips to Strengthen Your Relationship
"Communication is the key to any relationship." You've probably heard this phrase countless times,...
What Happens When Your Partner Won’t Go to Couples Therapy?
You've been thinking about couples therapy for weeks, maybe months. You finally work up the...
Work-From-Home Relationships: Surviving and Thriving in 24/7 Togetherness
More couples than ever are navigating the unique challenge of working from home together. While...
Care.com: How to prioritize your partnership when parenting gets overwhelming
In a thoughtful new article on Care.com, Stephanie Saari, LMFT, highlights how parenting often...
Why Listening Matters More Than Problem-Solving in Relationships
When your partner shares a frustration or concern, your first instinct might be to jump in with...
How Often Should You Be Having Sex as a Couple?
Lots of couples have questions about what’s “normal” when it comes to sex frequency. Maybe you’re...
Evolving Through Connection: How Relationships Aid Personal Growth
People often assume that healing has to happen in isolation. After all, trauma and other mental...
Codependency Explained: Signs, Causes, and How to Overcome
Maybe you’ve always had trouble setting boundaries in relationships. You say “Yes” to everything,...
Substance Abuse and Its Toll on Relationships
Maybe you or your partner have been struggling with substance abuse, and your relationship is...
How to Let Go of Trying to Be Perfect for Your Partner
Maybe you constantly put pressure on yourself to be perfect for your partner. You might feel like...
Marriage Expectations vs. Reality: What Every Newlywed Should Know
Marriage is often painted as the ultimate "happily ever after." In popular culture, it’s...
Merging Lives: A Practical Guide for Newlyweds
For newlyweds, merging lives can be challenging. You and your spouse might be excited about this...
Navigating Pre-Wedding Anxiety: A Helpful Guide
Everyone says your wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. Yet with the big day...
Wedding Planning? 5 Ways To Plan To Stay Married Forever
You’ve dated, fallen in love, gotten engaged and are now meticulously planning for the “big day”....
Understanding and Addressing Complicated Grief Post-Divorce
If you’ve recently divorced your spouse, you might feel like you’re still stuck on an emotional...
5 Ways To Know You Have Healed Your Broken Heart
In my work with men and women who are going through a breakup, I find that often what they want to...
How To Survive (And Thrive!) After A Break-Up
In my practice I work extensively with men and women dealing with how to survive (and thrive!)...
How to Recover from Divorce
Ending a relationship can be a difficult and devastating process, but when children are involved,...
Why You Overwork to Avoid Your Emotions (And How to Break the Cycle)
Our culture has a complicated relationship with busyness. Packed schedules are worn like badges of...
Anxious Attachment Style: 5 Tips for Making Dating Easier
If you've ever caught yourself checking your phone obsessively after a first date, worrying that a...
How Body Image Struggles Can Affect Your Relationship—And What to Do About It
Body image is deeply personal, yet it doesn't exist in a vacuum. The way you see and feel about...
Understanding the Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Guilt
Guilt is a normal human emotion. Sometimes, it sends us a valuable signal that our actions have...
The Basics of Psychodynamic Therapy: How It Works and What to Expect
Maybe you’ve been struggling with your mental health, and you’re open to working with a counselor....
Dating at Different Life Stages: What Changes and What Stays the Same?
Maybe you took a long break from dating and enjoyed being purposefully single for a while. Now,...
Why We’re Drawn to Red Flags in Relationships
Perhaps you’re single for the first time in a while, and you’ve realized that you don’t want to...
Breaking the Cycle: How to Learn from Relationship Mistakes
Perhaps you find yourself making the same relationship mistakes over and over again. You might...
InStyle: ‘Hesidating’ Is Rampant Among Singles Right Now
Dating can be exciting and thrilling, but it can also be frustrating and confusing. I am quoted in...
Co-parenting In The Modern Family
Today, many parents are faced with the extremely difficult task of ending their relationship,...
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