When another person enters the picture, vulnerability, risk, uncertainty, and frustration are inevitable. As psychotherapist ...

Many people ask me what a healthy relationship is supposed to look like. When you don’t grow up seeing a loving and connected marriage between your parents, it is very hard to know what to expect ...

In therapy rooms across the country, a pattern emerges with quiet consistency: women who are thoughtful, giving, and deeply ...

I specialize in couples counseling and marriage counseling for partners who care deeply about their relationship but feel stuck in painful patterns of conflict or emotional distance. Even when love is ...

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is a type of talk therapy that helps individuals, couples, and families process difficult emotions and build healthier, more secure relationships. Emotion-focused therapy ...

Every relationship carries its own rhythms, history, and unspoken language — but certain needs show up again and again when women reflect honestly on what makes love feel sustaining rather than ...

Daniel Fountenberry met his wife during COVID-19 lockdowns. A year later, they were married with a kid on the way. Still in the “discovery" phase of the relationship, as Fountenberry calls it, they ...

The "chemistry" a couple feels when they're falling in love isn't just an emotional experience, it's literally a physical one — with chemicals and hormones like dopamine and oxytocin bonding partners ...

Here's a common scenario in my office. Two people sit on opposite ends of the couch, bodies angled away from each other, with tension in the air palpable. One stares at the floor while the other ...

Should we do couples counselling? Are we happy? Are we both pulling in the same direction? How can we get our spark back? These kinds of questions are normal in a society that places such importance ...