Couples often come to see me wanting to know what they can do to improve or save their marriage. Breakdowns in communication may predominate for these couples. They’ve gotten stuck in cycles of negativity and the pain of continuously not seeing eye-to-eye. They are ready for a change. They want
Coping with Divorce: 5 Points to Remember
We don’t get married expecting to be one of the fifty percent of the couples who end up divorcing. The we’re-going-to-make-it expectation runs so deeply that most of us don’t even entertain the thought that someday we might be the couple fighting over who gets the antique desk and the
The Pain of Loneliness
We all feel lonely from time to time. How quickly and intensely we experience loneliness varies considerably among people. Some of us may immediately feel pangs of loneliness when we’re by ourselves; others can be alone for long stretches of time and seldom feel lonely. At some point, the experience
5 Reasons You Can’t Let Go of Conflict in Your Marriage
If you’ve ever struggled with the unpleasant aftermath of an argument with someone you care about, feeling wounded and hurt and unable to move past it, and if you’ve been told to “just get over it,” you know it’s not that easy, even if your partner is ready to put