Sensate Focus: How To Restart Intimacy
There are many reasons couples can stop connecting sexually. These can include a fear of rejection, a high degree of conflict, past hurts, avoidance, and exhaustion. Sometimes it’s not that easy to just flip a …
Relationship Checkup: What is it?
In the dynamic landscape of relationships, whether romantic, familial, or platonic, the passage of time can bring both growth and challenges. Just as we schedule routine checkups for our physical health, it’s equally important to …
New Year, New Us: Relationship Resolutions
For many, the beginning of a new year is seen as an opportunity to take stock, to evaluate what is working and what needs improvement. Salads are made, gyms are joined, rooms are cleaned, closets …
Caring Days: The first step to saving your relationship
There comes a time in every relationship when exchanges between partners become increasingly negative. Conflict and avoidance both increase, and this can lead to feeling trapped, unhappy and more like roommates than romantic partners. Each …
Bicultural Couples and the Holidays
With the holiday season upon us and another year ending, we face the typical obligations and expectations of celebrating the holidays as a family member, individual, and partner in a relationship. This can look like …
After the Affair: What Comes Next?
If you and your partner are dealing with the fallout of an affair, there are some (relatively) predictable stages and paths you can anticipate. In Getting Past the Affair by Douglas Snyder, Donald Baucom, and …
