Recovering Couples: When You Take the FUN Out of DysFUNction
Having fun with your partner is essential for healthy relationships.
Having fun with your partner is essential for healthy relationships.
It was a mystery. My poor wife was waking up in the morning and starting the day with a headache. “What do you think is causing these headaches honey”, I […]
You have got to be kidding. I just discovered today that in a strange, unplanned, unintentional and ironic little turn, in the last blog I posted on the issue of […]
See Dick and Jane Trying to Communicate: See Dick and Jane Repair the Communication “OK Dick, I want to talk about what happened last night”(1), Jane opened with a no-nonsense, let’s […]
“Rick” and “Sandy” came into the office with smiles and in good humor. I checked with them asking how things have gone since our last therapy session. They talked about: how […]
My wife and I had occasion to meet a new friend. Bud is in his eighties, has been married over 50 years, strong as a horse, sharp as a tack, […]
I remember as a kid waking up just about every morning with a bit of a stuffy nose accompanied by a chorus of sneezes, one after another. I think my […]
The pressure was mounting. Every second counted and the twists and turns were coming more quickly than anticipated. “Patience and timing…patience and timing…”, he repeated over and over again. “If […]
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Every family creates legacies. There are different kinds of legacies; some we strive to maintain, others we struggle with. If we think about some of these legacies long enough we may […]
My wife and I took advantage of a little 24 hour get-a-way this weekend. These 24 hour breaks are a long-standing tradition of ours and one we had not done in a while. They […]
Dick and Pat were struggling in their relationship. It seemed to them that they had different opinions on almost everything. What bothered Pat even more than these differences was that she […]
Where is our relationship at? How can I forgive him/her for what has happened? How can we go forward when my partner keeps talking about the past? Do we have a future? These […]
One of the biggest complaints I hear in the counseling room are related to couples not feeling close, of having lost touch with each other. Sometimes this happens because of significant problems and […]
I was in a session with a couple where they were taking stock of their relationship, discussing how each saw things. They shared with me how nice it was to focus […]
Pete’s voice is rising as he directs the latest tirade at Susan, “You want me to pick up your mother from the airport? It is at least 45 minutes from […]
Here is a bit of a word play: “Being present is a great present” (for your Valentine). What do I mean by this? Well, too often we are distracted, impacted, and protracted in […]