Main features of healthy relationships Many factors go into creating and maintaining healthy relationships. Some of the most essential components are friendship, trust, and respect. When these are in place, a relationship has a strong foundation to weather challenges and grow over time. Without them, even the most passionate connection can falter. Friendship: The foundation ...
It is impossible to have a long-term relationship without getting into arguments at some point in time. The health or success of your relationship doesn’t depend on whether you argue or not, but how you argue and how you resolve conflict. This makes all the difference in settling your issue or letting it go. Sometimes ...
When you first fall in love you are on cloud nine. The thought of relationship problems do not even exist. Just about every waking minute is filled with thoughts of your partner. You can’t wait to be with that person. It is like a drug and you can’t get enough of it. This person can ...
We all have this notion of an emotional bank account. John Gottman PhD, the guru of couples counseling and relationships, states that this is just like your financial bank account. When we make a deposit, or do something that leads to a connection with our partner, it is considered a deposit. If we do something ...
Since this week has Valentines Day, love language seems like an appropriate topic. I hope this week will be happy for you. I know not everyone is in a relationship. Some may be grieving the loss of their partner, others might be lonely and some are just fine. Whether you are in a relationship or ...
When you fall in love, you don't think that someday you will ever get in a rut or need to rekindle your relationship. In the beginning it’s like being on a drug. All you can think about is that person. You want to be with them all the time and will do anything to get ...
Is your relationship struggling? Do you argue about the same thing over and over again? You try to be understood and it falls on deaf ears. Perhaps you have no idea what to do next or how to improve things, and your partner refuses to come in. If this is the case, couples therapy for ...
Are there things you put up with in your relationship that you shouldn’t? If so you might be in a toxic relationship. How do you know if your relationship is healthy vs. toxic? In the therapy world we refer to healthy aspects of a relationship as green flags, and unhealthy behaviors as red flags. If ...
Most of us don't do things that will lead to relationship harm. None of us is perfect when it comes to communication. Our parents are our role models for what a relationship looks like. We tend to marry someone who in some way, shape or form, recreates our family of origin dynamics. However, we may ...
The more I conduct therapy the more I learn about couples communication. Yes, there are all sorts of experts in this field with all kinds of research. While I use these as a model on how to work with couples, it is impossible to ignore the nuances that perhaps can’t be researched that play out ...
