Helping Couples Build Better Relationships

It Really Is Complicated “It’s complicated” seems to have had its birth in discussions about relationships. Despite being complicated, there are stable considerations that cross-over all love relationships. One prominent factor in particular, although not…

Depression is commonly linked to career disappointments, financial setbacks, and disruption of normal routines — especially sleep pattern — as well as social pressures and conflict in personal relationships. It is this last factor that…

Have you ever had these thoughts or experiences in your relationship? • You no longer knew what was true and a lie. • You felt emotionally betrayed. • Your confidence in the partnership is in…

We are more likely to have good relationships and succeed in whatever we do when our relationships are based on trust. by Dr. Joel Block, Joel Block, PhD, is author of The 15-Minute Relationship Fix: A…

When I wrote about extra-relationship affairs years ago, I didn’t have a lot of experience treating couples who were struggling with an affair. I didn’t have enough experience at the time to realize that infidelity…

To aid in making a realistic appraisal of the therapist after therapy has begun and a relationship has been established, a list of seventeen questions follows.   Responses are scored from 0 to 4; 0 equals…

 Relationship wisdom is like diet advice, most of it sounds good, but it doesn’t work. Here, the real thing gleaned from many years of treating couples: 1. Very often the initial attraction—what draws you to your…