Couples often end marriage therapy on a hopeful note. Communication feels easier, old fights have softened, and the atmosphere at home is lighter. Then work ramps up, a parent gets sick, a child hits a tough phase, or the dishwasher floods, and the new habits start to slide. I have sat with many...
Read more →Infidelity looks different up close than it does from the outside. From a distance, people speak in absolutes. Up close, most couples arrive with a mix of shock, grief, anger, and a hundred practical questions they never expected to ask. Therapy does not erase what happened, and it does not decide...
Read more →Mutual respect is more than a pleasant feeling between partners. It is the infrastructure that carries a relationship through decisions, stress, family dynamics, and change. When respect falters, communication warps, assumptions harden, and day-to-day friction becomes the norm. Relationship...
Read more →The first year after a baby arrives compresses joy, fear, sleep deprivation, and pride into a blur. Even couples who have always communicated well notice new tension. The rhythms of daily life shift in ways that don’t respect anyone’s best intentions. You are navigating feedings, medical visits,...
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