When the sex stops in your relationship, or you start having sex much less frequently, people usually think that it means there’s been a change in desire. They try to explain the change in their ...

Grief is usually associated with the mourning process that comes after a loved one dies. But, in most cases, grief actually begins well before death. This is true both for the person who dies, who ...

Perhaps the most common issue that brings someone to therapy, revolves around their difficulty creating and maintaining close personal relationships. This can be friendships and/or romantic ...

Polyamory, Open Marriage, Ethical Non-Monogamy. These words have become a part of our vocabulary, but what do they really mean? Are these real relationships? Or are they just fancy new names for ...

Most of us don’t know how to make a real apology. That’s not surprising, because most of us have been taught from early childhood how to give fake apologies. You probably first learned how to give an ...

Couples often talk about their desire to feel closer and more connected. More emotionally intimate. But, while they say they want to be more emotionally close, that level of intimacy can be difficult ...

The world puts out a very clear message about retirement. Retirement should be your ultimate happy place. So people are very surprised when I tell them that for some people, retirement can be a ...

Is it Guilt or Shame? What’s the difference? Guilt and shame are two emotions that nearly all human beings experience. They show up in every culture and in all parts of the world. Yet, surprisingly, ...

The phrase “Emotional Processing” or “Processing your Emotions” has become extremely popular recently. But what exactly does it actually mean? If you go online, you’ll find a million different ...

Some friction between parents and their adult children is inevitable. It happens in every family. Yet, while these conflicts are common to all families, some families are able to weather the storm and ...

The term Gaslighting comes from a spooky 1944 movie called Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. In the movie, the husband tries to drive the wife crazy by constantly telling her that what ...

All couples fight. It’s just a natural part of being a couple. I tell all my clients that the goal is not to stop having fights, the goal is to learn how to quickly repair the rifts that fights can ...