Unlike guilt, shame isn’t about your behavior, shame is a reflection of how you see yourself in your life. Toxic shame can ...

There are times in everyone’s life when you feel overwhelmed or lost. When life feels like a struggle. When things start to feel hopeless. Your marriage may feel lonely or rocky. You might be facing a ...

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Many couples start out their relationship with an active and happy sex life, but then see it gradually change into a sexless, or very low sex relationship. There isn’t a conscious decision to stop ...

Counseling for Adults, Seniors, and Couples. My name is Jacob Brown, I’m a psychotherapist, practicing in San Francisco, Marin. You may be wondering why there’s a picture of me at a cooking class and ...

When the person you love the most feels so far away. I know that relationships can sometimes be extremely challenging (I’ve been married for over 30 years). When you’re in the midst of an argument it ...

Have you ever gone on a great vacation with your partner and ended up having a fight? It's a common problem. But it's so frustrating and confusing. In this episode, I'll explain why that happens and ...

Nothing can tear a relationship apart like infidelity. It can be a sexual affair, an emotional affair, flirting, pornography, or any other way in which one partner feels their trust has been broken.

We live in a culture where senior sex is not a topic that most people want to discuss. Even your doctor is likely to just shrug his or her shoulders when an older patient wants to talk about sexual ...

Why therapy for older adults and older couples? You go along in life thinking that you know who you are. Then you hit your 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s, and everything starts to change. The shift may be subtle ...

Masturbation is often a taboo subject in marriage. People keep it hidden out of shame and fear of hurting their partner's feelings. And in many marriages, one partner may try to forbid their partner ...