by Richard Tifft | Jul 24, 2018 | Couples Therapy |
What I see a lot of in my practice are partners who are unable to be with each other in a meaningful way when one partner is unhappy or suffering and making a bid for connection. One scenario might be when one partner is upset about something that happened in their...
by Richard Tifft | Aug 8, 2017 | Couples Therapy |
Relationship communication? In my practice I have intake forms that ask a lot of standard questions about the couple who I am about to start working with, things like name, address, phone, emergency contact, you get the idea. One of the last questions, which I pay a...
by Richard Tifft | Jul 19, 2017 | Couples Therapy |
What is Codependency? The term “codependent” came out of the addictions world nearly 40 years ago. The idea behind the term was that it was meant to describe how non-addicted individuals can get themselves into a dysfunctional dance with their addicted partner. The...
by Richard Tifft | Dec 28, 2016 | Couples Therapy |
A Little Background I personally went through Couples Therapy two different times in my life with two different therapists and had two very different experiences. My uneducated opinion about those experiences back then, and my educated opinion about them now are about...
by Richard Tifft | Nov 29, 2016 | Discernment Counseling |
How Discernment Counseling came to be Throughout the years as couples came before judges and divorce attorney’s it was noticed that very often there was ambivalence in one or both of the partners regarding what they were doing and if it was in fact the right thing for...
