Couples Counseling

A Counselor’s Review—Your relationship bill of rights

A Counselor’s Review—Your relationship bill of rights

In our graduate school program, It was recommended that we, “sit on the other side of the sofa” for at least a year.  This was to give us the benefit of what it would feel like to

A Counselor’s Review on Relationships – – 5 Ways to Safeguard a Marriage Against Divorce

A Counselor’s Review on Relationships – – 5 Ways to Safeguard a Marriage Against Divorce

Besides counselors and therapists, who else would be able to speak on what causes divorce? 

Can couples counseling be harmful?

Can couples counseling be harmful?

I was recently asked the above question. I answered with my best knowledge, but decided it was worth more research, as it certainly is an important question.  Could getting couples counseling, “rock the boat“, possibly making a situation worse?

Couples Counseling—“I’m proud to make my wife dinner."

Couples Counseling—“I’m proud to make my wife dinner."

I was in the middle of writing this article, and ended up talking with a man in the gym about how he was in a rush to finish his workout to get home for dinner.  The conversation ended up with him saying that

When Words Hurt—How to not let others affect your mental health.

When Words Hurt—How to not let others affect your mental health.

We all have had people say things to us at one time or another that really “sting”. Sometimes they can stick with us, or end up with us carrying around the feelings we are left with. Words can hurt.

Codependency—Finding balance between giving to your partner, and giving to yourself.

Codependency—Finding balance between giving to your partner, and giving to yourself.

Balance--in this area--it’s about having a reciprocal relationship with another.  If you have things you do for yourself that are “you”,  giving you your own identity that, “keep you going”; and your partner