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...

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...

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...

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...

Is it always the man that resists Couples Therapy? We are over generalizing that it will be the man in the relationship that resists couples therapy. But there are plenty of stats that show that many more women pursue therapy than do men. When it comes to taking a...