An argument about dishes, spending, the phone, or whose family to visit can end with both people wondering how the conversation became so painful. The details can change slightly, but the emotional experience feels familiar. One partner feels unheard. The other feels...
In many relationships, love is not absent. It is there in the effort, the concern, the loyalty, the reaching, the small gestures, and the desire to feel close. Yet love can still feel strangely difficult to experience when one or both partners have a hard time...
Love is not only about how we give. It is also about how we receive. Some people deeply want closeness, partnership, affection, reassurance, and emotional safety. They want to feel chosen, supported, understood, and cared for. Yet when love is actually offered,...
Hyper-independence can look like strength from the outside. It may look like competence, responsibility, resilience, discipline, or the ability to keep going even when life feels difficult. In many ways, hyper-independence often begins as a deeply adaptive response....
When important considerations are taken into account, online couples therapy can be a great experience for couples who want to improve their relationship. They can enhance communication skills, increase sexual intimacy, resolve a specific problem they have been stuck...
This above photo is my personal copy of Saving Normal by Allen Frances, MD. I love this book because it really explains how we have come to medicalize ordinary life. Dr. Frances goes into account firsthand with direct experience of the development of the DSM-IV to the...
